Transcranial magnetic stimulation of left auditory cortex in patients with schizophrenia: effects on hallucinations and neurocognition

Alfredo A L d'Alfonso; André Aleman; Roy P C Kessels; Eugène A Schouten; Albert Postma; Jeroen A van Der Linden; Wiepke Cahn; Yvonne Greene; Edward H F de Haan; René S Kahn

doi:10.1176/jnp.14.1.77

Transcranial magnetic stimulation of left auditory cortex in patients with schizophrenia: effects on hallucinations and neurocognition

Alfredo A L d'Alfonso, André Aleman^*, Roy P C Kessels, Eugène A Schouten, Albert Postma, Jeroen A van Der Linden, Wiepke Cahn, Yvonne Greene, Edward H F de Haan, René S Kahn

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Abstract

The effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on hallucination severity and neurocognition were studied in 9 medication-resistant hallucinating patients. A statistically significant improvement was observed on a hallucination scale after 10 days of TMS at the left auditory cortex.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-9
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.14.1.77
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adult
Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use
Auditory Cortex/radiation effects
Clozapine/therapeutic use
Cognition/radiation effects
Electromagnetic Fields
Female
Hallucinations/etiology
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Schizophrenia/therapy
Schizophrenic Psychology

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d'Alfonso, A. A. L., Aleman, A., Kessels, R. P. C., Schouten, E. A., Postma, A., van Der Linden, J. A., Cahn, W., Greene, Y., de Haan, E. H. F., & Kahn, R. S. (2002). Transcranial magnetic stimulation of left auditory cortex in patients with schizophrenia: effects on hallucinations and neurocognition. Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 14(1), 77-9. https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.14.1.77

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation of left auditory cortex in patients with schizophrenia: effects on hallucinations and neurocognition. / d'Alfonso, Alfredo A L; Aleman, André; Kessels, Roy P C et al.
In: Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2002, p. 77-9.

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