Trial reportNeurorehabilitation and neural repair2024
High-Frequency rTMS Broadly Ameliorates Working Memory and Cognitive Symptoms in Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Efficacy of non-invasive neuromodulation technologies in improving cognitive function and activities of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and stroke: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with traditional Chinese Tuina for stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation at the Individual Alpha Frequency Shows Potential Value in Improving Working Memory in Healthy Participants.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- LGALS9 Is Beneficial to the Therapeutic Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Ischemic Stroke.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Update on Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Post-Stroke Cognitive Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Neuromodulation and rehabilitation of post-stroke cognitive impairment: challenges and prospects.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Non-invasive brain stimulation: current and future applications in neurology.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2025Review
- Long-term electroacupuncture and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation differentially slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in AppAlzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Combination of flupentixol and melitracen tablets and rTMS improves post-stroke depression through neurovegetative symptoms changes: a retrospective analysis.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the efficacy and tolerability of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of post-stroke working memory (WM) impairment and its changes in brain function.
methodsIn the present randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled design, 10 Hz rTMS was administered to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of patients with post-stroke WM impairment for 14 days. Measures included WM (primary outcome), comprehensive neuropsychological tests, and the functional near-infrared spectroscopy test. Patients were assessed at baseline, after the intervention (week 2), and 4 weeks after treatment cessation (week 6).
resultsOf 123 stroke patients, 82 finished the trial. The rTMS group showed more WM improvement at week 2 (
conclusionsHigh-frequency rTMS was effective in improving post-stroke WM impairment, with good tolerability, and the efficacy lasted up to 4 weeks, which may be due to the activation of the left DLPFC, right PMC, and right SPL brain regions and their synergistic enhancement of neural remodeling.
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