Studies that have not shown significant differences in cognitive function after rTMS treatment
GroupReferenceNLocationSession per WeekFrequency (Hz)Train Duration (s)Trains per SessionIntertraininterval (s)Pulses per sessionMT (%)Cognitive Domain
DepSpeer et al. (2001)18L DLPFC10/220240281600100Memory (Episodic, Visuospatial, Semantic)
DepLoo et al. (2001)18L DLPFC10/21053025-110Working memory
Verbal fluency
Dep+PTSDRosenberg et al. (2002)12L DLPFC10/21404020600090Episodic Memory
5852USC-REMT
DepMartis et al. (2003)15L PFC15/31052030-110Attentional control
 Verbal fluency
 Working memory
DepJanuel et al. (2006)27R DLPFC16/41602180-90Attentional control
Executive functioning
DepFitzgerald et al. (2009)27L PFC15/31180430-110Memory (Visuospatial, Working)
1053025Verbal fluency
SchHoffman et al. (2005)50L TPC18/219601-200090Attentional control
 Memory (Verbal, Working)
 Verbal fluency
SchFitzgerald et al. (2005)33L TPC10/219001--90Memory (Visuospatial, Working)
Verbal fluency
OCDKang et al. (2009)20R DLPFC10/2112001--110Verbal fluency Attentional Control
StrokeKim et al. (2010)18-10/2130046090080Executive functioning
1011510450
AphWaldowski et al. (2012)26R IFG15/3118001--90Verbal fluency

Dep, depression; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; Sch, schizophrenia; OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder; Aph, aphasia; L, left; R, right; DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; PFC, prefrontal cortex; TPC, temporoparietal cortex; IFG, inferior frontal gyrus; USC-REMT, University of Southern California repeatable episodic memory test.

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