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SUBMITTER: Hasan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4838079 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hasan Alkomiet A Guse Birgit B Cordes Joachim J Wölwer Wolfgang W Winterer Georg G Gaebel Wolfgang W Langguth Berthold B Landgrebe Michael M Eichhammer Peter P Frank Elmar E Hajak Göran G Ohmann Christian C Verde Pablo E PE Rietschel Marcella M Ahmed Raees R Honer William G WG Malchow Berend B Karch Susanne S Schneider-Axmann Thomas T Falkai Peter P Wobrock Thomas T
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Cognitive impairments are one of the main contributors to disability and poor long-term outcome in schizophrenia. Proof-of-concept trials indicate that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) has the potential to improve cognitive functioning. We analyzed the effects of 10-Hz rTMS to the left DLPFC on cognitive deficits in schizophrenia in a large-scale and multicenter, sham-controlled study. A total of 156 schizophrenia pati ...[more]