ReviewShanghai archives of psychiatry2018
Mechanism of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression.
Review in Shanghai archives of psychiatry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04441008 (Radical aiTBS Protocol for Intractable Depression), which is not on this map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Radical aiTBS Protocol for Intractable Depression
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acupuncture combined with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of post-stroke cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on post-stroke cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Optimal parameter determination of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treating treatment-resistant depression: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Altered blood parameters in "major depression" patients receiving repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) therapy: a randomized case-control study.Translational psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Comparison of hemodynamic changes after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the anatomical hand knob and hand motor hotspot: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2020Trial
- Neuromodulation techniques targeting neurotransmitter dysfunction: Innovation in treatments for Alzheimer's disease.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Patient perspectives on barriers to rTMS for peripartum depression.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Review
- Plasticity-Induced Motor Recovery of Bilateral Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled, Crossover Trial.Neurology and therapy · 2026Article
- rTMS for treatment resistant depression - a single center community experience.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A review of mechanisms and optimization strategies for clinical improvement after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in bipolar disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Modern Technologies Supporting Motor Rehabilitation After Stroke: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- How to Improve Cognitive Flexibility: Evidence From Noninvasive Neuromodulation Techniques.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Review
- Digital phenotyping evidence for the reduced positivity offset as a mechanism underlying anhedonia among individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis.Schizophrenia research · 2025Article
- Review
- Predictive modeling of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment-resistant depression.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Electroencephalography Biomarkers of α5-GABA Positive Allosteric Modulators in Rodents.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- The immediate alteration of cerebellar Glx/GABA and cerebello-thalamo-cortical connectivity in patients with schizophrenia after cerebellar TMS.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Pregnancy: Efficacy, Safety, and Future Implications for Perinatal Mental Health Care.Brain and behavior · 2025Review
- Application of a novel three-day repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in dogs: single-blinded randomised sham-controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Depressive disorder is one of the most common mental health problems currently. However, the mechanism-based treatments for this disorder remain elusive. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a non-invasive procedure that could stimulate electrical activity by a pulsed magnetic field in the brain, is considered to be an effective treatment for depression. Here, we review the main findings from both clinical and basic research on rTMS for depression, including its antidepressant efficacy, basic principles, as well as its ability to regulate neural circuits, neurotransmitters and brain networks, neurogenesis in hippocampus, and synaptic, and molecular pathways.
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