Left prefrontal high-frequency rTMS may improve movement disorder in schizophrenia patients with predominant negative symptoms – A secondary analysis of a sham-controlled, randomized multicenter trial

Recent research suggests that different first- and second-generation antipsychotics bear risk for extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) including akathisia, acute dystonic reactions, parkinsonism and neuroleptic malignant syndrome, occurring within days or weeks after initiation of an antipsychotic medication or after dosage escalation (Hasan et al., 2013; Leucht et al., 2013). High-frequency rTMS of the primary motor cortex has the potential to improve motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease (Lefaucheur, 2005).

Source: Schizophrenia Research - September 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daniel Kamp, Christina Engelke, Thomas Wobrock, Wolfgang W ölwer, Georg Winterer, Christian Schmidt-Kraepelin, Wolfgang Gaebel, Berthold Langguth, Michael Landgrebe, Peter Eichhammer, Elmar Frank, Göran Hajak, Christian Ohmann, Pablo E. Verde, Marcella Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research