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The treatment group received iTBS <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> bilateral DMPFC. Negative symptoms, cognitive function, emotional state, and social function were assessed using Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS), and Social Dysfunction Screening Questionnaire (SDSS) scales at pretreatment, posttreatment, and follow\u2010up at 4, 8, and 12\u2009weeks. Brain activation in regions of interest (ROIs) was evaluated through verbal fluency tasks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prior to treatment there was no significant difference in the two groups. After 20 iTBS sessions, a significant difference was observed in SANS total score, its related subscales, PANSS total score, and PANSS\u2010negative symptoms (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). The group\u2010by\u2010time interaction showed statistical significance, indicating improvements in negative symptoms and related dimensions over time, with therapeutic effects persisting for at least 8\u2009weeks posttreatment. Prior to treatment, there were no significant differences in activation across all ROIs between the two groups. Posttreatment, the activation of right inferior frontal gyrus (<jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092.19, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.036) and right frontal eye field (<jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092.14, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.04) in the treatment group was significantly higher than in the control group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>iTBS stimulation of bilateral DMPFC demonstrates therapeutic effects in improving negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients, and this treatment approach has the potential to enhance activation within the prefrontal cortex.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/pcn.13779","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,30]],"date-time":"2025-01-30T11:01:19Z","timestamp":1738234879000},"page":"147-157","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Intermittent theta burst stimulation for negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients with moderate to severe cognitive impairment: A randomized controlled trial"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"79","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-9526-0107","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jing","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mental Health Center, West China Hospital Sichuan University  Chengdu China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychiatry Department Jinxin Mental Hospital  Chengdu China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xingyu","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychiatry Department Jinxin Mental Hospital  Chengdu China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychiatry Department Jinxin Mental Hospital  Chengdu China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tingting","family":"Xia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychiatry Department Jinxin Mental Hospital  Chengdu China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mental Health Center, West China Hospital Sichuan University  Chengdu China"},{"name":"West China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital Sichuan University  Chengdu China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.schres.2015.07.021"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12888-014-0225-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0149785"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.schres.2013.07.014"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/NDT.S225643"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2215-0366(18)30050-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13651501.2021.1912357"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapsychiatry.2019.3360"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.schres.2008.05.020"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000342345"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12888-016-1052-x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41386-021-01152-w"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-019-45893-7"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.neuron.2014.10.013"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/npp.2014.27"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pnpbp.2016.08.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/wps.20387"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.eurpsy.2017.12.025"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci14010018"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.psychres.2013.12.019"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/schbul\/sby054"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_23_1","first-page":"15","article-title":"Randomized Controlled Trial of Four Protocols of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treating the Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia","volume":"26","author":"Zhao S","year":"2014","journal-title":"Shanghai Arch. 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