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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2025

A study to investigate the relationship between transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognitive impairment and neurotrophic factor in post-stroke patients.

Wenyan Li, Yinghua Wen, Wei Li, Jingjing Liu, Sha Liu, Junying Wu, Yao Gao, Yong Xu

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Wenyan Li *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Yinghua WenDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Wei LiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Jingjing LiuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Sha Liu *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Junying Wu *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Yao GaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Yong Xu *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation on post-stroke patients in terms of cognitive impairment, and to observe its relationship with peripheral blood neurotrophic factor concentration and changes in brain area function. Methods: Sixty patients with cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke were randomly assigned to group A ( Results: After stimulation, patients in the TMS group had increased MoCA ( Conclusion: TMS improves cognitive function in post-stroke patients, changes in brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentrations under the influence of TMS, and also enhances connectivity in the bilateral DLPFC brain area network. Clinical trial registration: https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=216761.

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brain-derived neurotrophic factornerve growth factorpost-stroke cognitive impairmentstroketranscranial magnetic stimulationworking memory

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PMID40948655
PMCPMC12428031

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