Clinical Study

Does rTMS Alter Neurocognitive Functioning in Patients with Panic Disorder/Agoraphobia? An fNIRS-Based Investigation of Prefrontal Activation during a Cognitive Task and Its Modulation via Sham-Controlled rTMS

Table 4

Significant results for the cognitive tasks with respect to the IFG.

ROIdf
(df error)
Verum versus sham Verum versus controlsSham versus controlsPaired -tests

Left IFG-phonological task
 Time × Group2 (63)5.230.008 (<0.0167, BH-corrected) : ns.
: ns.
1: ns.
2: ns.
1: S < HC** 
2: ns.
S: 1 < 2* 
V: ns.
HC: ns.

significant at a significance level of ≤0.05, **significant at a significance level of ≤0.01, BH-corrected: Bonferroni-Holm-corrected, HC: healthy controls, IFG: inferior frontal gyrus, S: sham group, and V: verum group.