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ArticleImaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)2026

Considering brain state for individualized functional connectivity-based rTMS.

Hallee Shearer, Jeffrey Eilbott, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Tamara Vanderwal

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Article in Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.), 2026. 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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4 authors.

Hallee ShearerDepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4813-3473
Jeffrey EilbottBC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Fidel Vila-RodriguezDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Tamara VanderwalBC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent endeavors to optimize the efficacy of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) treatment have focused on locating individualized stimulation targets using functional connectivity derived from functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans. Practically, this approach involves three main stages: target discovery, target localization, and treatment. As of now, each stage is typically conducted while participants are "at rest", meaning they are not performing a task or being presented with a stimulus. While growing evidence suggests that the effects of TMS are sensitive to the state of the brain at the time of stimulation, brain state has largely been overlooked during the first two stages (target discovery and localization). Here, we consider the potential importance of brain state at each stage of individualized rTMS, reviewing the relevant (and interdisciplinary) literature, and providing some exploratory example cross-state analyses. We also explore how manipulating and constraining brain state with tasks or movie-watching may provide opportunities to improve the reliability of individualized rTMS targets.

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brain statenaturalistic neuroimagingneurostimulationprecision psychiatrytranscranial magnetic stimulation

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PMID41537052
PMCPMC12797142

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