Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Pharmacoresistant Nondelusional Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Dementia

Table 1

Previous rTMS for AVHs studies.

Study	𝑁 active	𝑁 sham	Stimulated Area	Frequency	% MT	Session
Hoffman et al. [44]	12	12	T3P3	1 Hz	80	4
McIntosh et al. [45]	16	16	T3P3	1 Hz	80	4
Schönfeldt-Lecuona et al. [46]	11	10	STG	1 Hz	90	5
Chibbaro et al. [47]	8	8	T3P3	1 Hz	90	4
Fitzgerald et al. [48]	17	15	T3P3	1 Hz	90	10
Hoffman et al. [49]	27	23	T3P3	1 Hz	90	10
Lee et al. [50]	13	14	T3P3	1 Hz	100	10
Lee et al. [50]	12	14	T4P4	1 Hz	100	10
Poulet et al. [51]	10	10	T3P3	1 Hz	90	5
Brunelin et al. [52]	14	10	T3P3	1 Hz	90	10
Jandl et al. [53]	16	16	T3P3 T4P4	1 Hz	100	5
Jandl et al. [53]	16	16	T4P4	1 Hz	100	5
Rosa et al. [54]	6	5	T3P3	1 Hz	90	10
Saba et al. [55]	8	8	T3P3	1 Hz	80	10
Vercammen et al. [56]	16	16	T3P3	1 Hz	90	12
Vercammen et al. [56]	14	16	T3P3 T4P4	1 Hz	90	12
Loo et al. [57]	18	18	T3P3	1 Hz	110	3
Loo et al. [57]	18	18	T4P4	1 Hz	110	3
Slotema et al. [58]	22	20	T3P3	1 Hz	90	15
Slotema et al. [59]	20	20	fMRI	1 Hz	90	15

MT: motor threshold; T3P3: left temporoparietal cortex; T4P4: right temporoparietal cortex; STG: superior temporal gyrus; fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging.