Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depersonalization disorder: A consecutive case series.
Psychiatry Research April 13, 2016 Emma-Louise Jay, Steffen Nestler, Mauricio Sierra et al.
Case reports and an open trial have reported promising responses to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to prefrontal and temporo-parietal sites in patients with depersonalization disorder (DPD). We recently showed that a single session of rTMS to the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) was associated with a reduction in symptoms and increase in physiological arousal. Seven...
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.027 (opens in new tab)
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Prefrontal cortex
Humans
Magnetic resonance imaging
Treatment outcome
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