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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Executive Functioning through Modulation of Social Cognitive Networks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Preliminary Results.

Leonardo Sacco, Martino Ceroni, Deborah Pacifico, Giorgia Zerboni, Stefania Rossi, Salvatore Galati, Serena Caverzasio, Alain Kaelin-Lang, Gianna C Riccitelli

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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9 authors.

Leonardo SaccoNeuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Martino CeroniNeuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9470-1849
Deborah PacificoNeuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Giorgia ZerboniNeuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Stefania RossiNeuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Salvatore GalatiFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Serena CaverzasioFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Alain Kaelin-LangFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Gianna C RiccitelliNeuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1202-5534

Funding

Advisory Board of Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale 2020-00434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) often present impairment in executive functions (EFs). This study aimed to investigate the effect of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on EFs in patients with MCI. (2) Methods: A prospective trial was conducted on 11 patients with MCI. Participants underwent 25 min of 20 Hz rTMS for ten days on the right temporo-parietal junction (RTPJ) and medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC). Before (T0) and after rTMS treatment (T1), global cognitive profile and EFs were investigated using the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA), trial making test (TMT) A and B, and frontal assessment battery (FAB). Depression symptoms were assessed using the geriatric depression scale (GDS). Statistical analysis included Wilcoxon signed-rank test. (3) Results: After treatment, patients showed a significant improvement in the MoCA EFs subtask (T0 vs. T1,

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cognitionexecutive functionsmild cognitive impairmenttranscranial magnetic stimulationtreatment

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PMCPMC9914912

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