ReviewPsychoradiology2024
Effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation on depressive symptoms targeting prefrontal cortex in functional magnetic resonance imaging studies: a combined systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging meta-analysis of differences in brain activity between children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using activation likelihood estimation.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on spatial memory: a systematic review across animal and human studies.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Altered Neural Activity in Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder With Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Meta-Analysis.Neural plasticity · 2025Pooled it
- Joint and distinct neural structure and function deficits in major depressive disorder with suicidality: a multimodal meta-analysis of MRI studies.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPNPooled it
- Effects of noninvasive brain stimulation in the treatment of poststroke depression: an overview of systematic reviews.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Abnormal Dynamic Functional Connectivity Within the Fronto-Limbic Network Mediates the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
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- Editorial: Noninvasive brain stimulation: a promising approach to study and improve emotion regulation.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Acupuncture effects on emotional reactivity of youth with self-reported depressive symptoms.Psychoradiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is a critical non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) target for treating depression. However, the alterations of brain activations post-intervention remain inconsistent and the clinical moderators that could improve symptomatic effectiveness are unclear. The study aim was to systematically review the effectiveness of NIBS on depressive symptoms targeting PFC in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies. In our study, we delivered a combined activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis and meta-regression. Until November 2020, three databases (PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE) were searched and 14 studies with a total sample size of 584 were included in the ALE meta-analysis; after NIBS, four clusters in left cerebrum revealed significant activation while two clusters in right cerebrum revealed significant deactivation (
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