A randomized, double blind, sham-controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia

Background: Research has implicated hypofrontality in the pathogenesis of Negative symptoms of schizophrenia.These symptoms are often resistant to treatment. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) has been shown to reverse this hypofrontality. Higher frequency rTMS has shown better prom...

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Main Authors: Nand Kumar, Sreenivas Vishnubhatla, Ashima Nehra Wadhawan, Sujata Minhas, Prashant Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X20300383