Intensive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation changes EEG microstates in schizophrenia: A pilot study

• Authors: SVĚRÁK Tomáš; ALBRECHTOVÁ Lenka; LAMOŠ Martin; REKTOROVÁ Irena; USTOHAL Libor
• Year of publication: 2018
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Schizophrenia Research
• MU Faculty or unit: Central European Institute of Technology
• Web: http://www.schres-journal.com/article/S0920-9964(17)30383-3/abstract
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.06.044
• Field: Psychiatry, sexuology
• Keywords: Schizophrenia; Intensive rTMS; Electroencephalography; Microstate
• Description: We report our pilot study results, which show for the first time that intensive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (I-rTMS) may induce specific EEG microstate changes in patients with negative symptoms of schizophrenia and these changes are linked to the stimulation treatment aftereffects.

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