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Conventional Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression: A Step-by-Step Protocol
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Neuroimaging in the effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for patient with depression: a protocol for a
Yongyan Deng1, Wenyue Li1, Bin Zhang2
1Psychiatric and psychological Neuroimage Lab (PsyNI Lab), Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Introduction:
As a prevalent psychiatric disease, depression is a life-threatening mental disorder that may cause work disability and premature death. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation procedure, which has been reported to have a significant effect on antidepressant treatment in recent years. However, the parameters of TMS for depression that can produce the best clinical benefits remain unknown. In the present study, we will evaluate the effect of TMS treatment for depression from the perspective of functional neuroimaging by performing a meta-analysis based on included studies.
Methods And Analysis:
Two independent reviewers will search published studies in the following five databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and WANGFANG DATA from inception to 1 June 2020. Then we will select studies according to predesigned inclusion and exclusion criteria. After extracting data from included studies, activation likelihood estimation will be applied to data synthesis. Any disagreement will be checked by the third reviewer who will also make the final decision.
Ethics And Dissemination:
This work does not require ethics approval as it will be based on published studies. This review will be published in peer-reviewed journals.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020165436.
