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SynthesisClinical medicine & research2026

Effects of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Min Huang, Quingfang Cao, Fengyi Zhang, Weiju Tang, Xiaojing Yu, Fan Xu, Xiechuan Weng

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7 authors.

Min HuangDepartment of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Sichuan, 610500, China.
Quingfang CaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, 610041, China.
Fengyi ZhangDepartment of Clinic Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Sichuan, 610500, China.
Weiju TangDepartment of Geriatrics, the First People's Hospital of Longquanyi District, Chengdu, 610100, China.
Xiaojing YuDepartment of Evidence-based Medicine and Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Sichuan, 610500, China.
Fan Xu
Xiechuan WengDepartment of Neuroscience, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China wengxc2000@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the symptoms improvement of major depressive disorder (MDD) by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and SinoMed (a biomedical literature service system managed by the Institute of Medical Information [IMI] and Library of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences [CAMS]) library databases were searched. A total of 12 studies involving 1318 patients were included. It was found that the Hamilton Depression rating scale (HAMD) score decreased after TMS (-4.47, 95% CI: -7.10 to -1.84,

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Major Depressive DisorderTranscranial Magnetic StimulationHumansPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesTreatment OutcomeMajor Depressive DisorderMeta-analysisTherapeutic evaluationTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation

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PMID41951429
PMCPMC13061302

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