Deep TMS treatment.
HOT SPOT, CORTEX
After insertion of earplugs, the individual resting motor threshold (rMT) was determined by locating a “hot spot” on the motor cortex for stimulation of the right abductor pollicis brevis using single pulses at 0.2 Hz. For treatment the H-coil was advanced 6 cm anteriorly over the prefrontal cortex, with the H1 (labeled as “A”) remaining over the LPFC and the H7 coil (labeled as “B”) adjusted to a centralized position before treatment. Patients and operators were not aware of the differences between coil A and B. The rMT was rechecked at least once a week. Treatment intensity was 120% of rMT.During 4 consecutive weeks (5 sessions/wk; 