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Improved executive functioning following repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation

David J. Moser, Ricardo E. Jorge, Facundo Manes, Sergio Paradiso, Michelle L. Benjamin, Robert G. Robinson

Neurology · 2002 · 157 citations · 10 references

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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).

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