Improved executive functioning following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- 23 April 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 58 (8) , 1288-1290
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.58.8.1288
Abstract
The cognitive effects of active and sham repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) were examined in 19 middle-aged and elderly patients with refractory depression. Patients received either active (n = 9) or sham (n = 10) rTMS targeted at the anterior portion of the left middle frontal gyrus. Patients in the active rTMS group improved significantly on a test of cognitive flexibility and conceptual tracking (Trail Making Test–B).Keywords
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