The effect of bilateral high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognitive functions in schizophrenia

• Despite their major effects on positive symptoms, antipsychotics do not have a significant effect on cognition in schizophrenia; • Bilateral high frequency rTMS targeting dorsolateral prefrontal cortices has been effective on working memory; • Bilateral 20 Hz rTMS improved attention and verbal wor...

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Autores principales: Güleken, Mehmet Diyaddin, Akbaş, Taner, Erden, Selime Çelik, Akansel, Veysel, Al, Zeliha Cengiz, Özer, Ömer Akil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7371913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32714846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2020.100183
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Sumario:• Despite their major effects on positive symptoms, antipsychotics do not have a significant effect on cognition in schizophrenia; • Bilateral high frequency rTMS targeting dorsolateral prefrontal cortices has been effective on working memory; • Bilateral 20 Hz rTMS improved attention and verbal working memory in schizophrenia patients, • It also improved the competence of switching the perceptional set up under a disruptive effect towards new instructions, in this study;

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