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Improved executive functioning following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

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).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11971103&dopt=Abstract
Neurology 2002 Apr 23;58(8):1288-90
Moser DJ, Jorge RE, Manes F, Paradiso S, Benjamin ML, Robinson RG. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA.

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