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In a 29-person randomized trial, 2 weeks of motor cortex rTMS lowered nerve pain after spinal cord injury more than sham. Depression and anxiety fell in the active group but did not beat sha…
Read articlePTSD symptom scores fell by about half among 94 US servicemembers who completed a 4-week program of EEG-guided magnetic brain stimulation, according to a 2026 chart review. The program had n…
Read articleResearchers aimed repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), which uses magnetic pulses to stimulate brain cells, at a spot chosen from each person’s own brain scan. In a small Col…
Read articleA 2026 randomized study involving 80 people with schizophrenia found that adding high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to risperidone improved PANSS cognitive-factor sc…
Read articleA 2026 secondary randomized-trial analysis found that low-intensity focused ultrasound and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reached statistically similar 2-week post-treatment mo…
Read articleCognitive impairment in first-episode schizophrenia (FES) is the symptom that does the most work blocking employment, relationships, and independent living — and the symptom current antipsyc…
Read articleA 2026 systematic review of subcallosal cingulate (SCC) functional connectivity found 28 qualifying resting-state fMRI studies in depression: 21 rTMS/iTBS studies, 4 ECT studies, 3 focused-u…
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