Neuromodulation of Attentional Control in Major Depression: A Pilot DeepTMS Study

Figure 1

Timeline of the study procedure. In the Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) group, cognitive performance on the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) was assessed at three time-points. Session 1 (baseline), Session 2 after a single application of deepTMS (short-term), and Session 3 immediately prior to the 20th application of deepTMS (long-term). To control for the presence of a practice effect, cognitive performance was also evaluated at the same three time-points in the control subjects (CS); however, CS were not administered the deepTMS treatment.