The same brain area- part of the prefrontal cortex- was targeted by both forms of magnetic stimulation, the only difference being that standard
rTMS delivered 3000 pulses per session while Itbs delivered only 600, in about one-twelfth the time.
Although many other studies have been able to induce the expected response in their overall sample, Hamada and
colleagues' results militate for assessing individual differences in responses to cTBS(or Itbs if applicable) in future experimental designs; Hamada et al.
The Itbs method generated an impressive response rate of 49%
and a remission rate of 32% for patients who had failed to be helped by an average of one to two courses of antidepressant drug therapy and/or psychotherapy in their current depressive episode, which averaged over 2 years in duration.
The Itbs method generated an impressive response rate of 49 percent
and a remission rate of 32 percent for patients who had failed to be helped by an average of one to two courses of antidepressant drug therapy and/or psychotherapy in their current depressive episode, which averaged over 2 years in duration.