Fibrosis

Research conducted by C. Freitas and co-researchers has updated our knowledge about schizophrenia

Published in Blood Weekly, April 30th, 2009

"A growing body of evidence suggests that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can alleviate negative and positive symptoms of refractory schizophrenia. However, trials to date have been small and results are mixed," scientists writing in the journal Schizophrenia Research report.

"We performed meta-analyses of all prospective studies of the therapeutic application of rTMS in refractory schizophrenia assessing the effects of high-frequency rTMS to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) to treat negative symptoms, and low-frequency rTMS to the left temporo-parietal cortex (TPC) to treat auditory hallucinations (AH) and overall positive...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-04-30)

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