Cerebellar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review

DiscussionCerebellar TMS as an intervention for psychiatric disorders is studied primarily in schizophrenia, mostly for negative symptoms. The current evidence is mixed and inconclusive. This is because of the limited number of studies with small sample sizes and significant heterogeneity in the conduct of rTMS trials for negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Future studies may focus on (a) optimizing stimulation parameters and localization techniques and (b) exploring alternative clinical targets (e.g., auditory hallucinations and depressive symptoms) for cerebellar neuromodulation.OtherThis systematic review was funded by the Department of Health Research (DHR) fellowship program for NRI/PIO/OCI, Reference ID: 2021 –1004 and Narmadanagar Rural Development Society (NARDES), the CSR arm of GNFC, Gujarat, Reference: NARDES/PH/2023/1205. The systematic review proposal was registered in PROSPERO, International prospective register of systematic reviews (CRD42023459268).
Source: Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research