# Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Normalizes Dopaminergic Transmission in the Frontostriatal Circuit to Alleviate Depression With Metabolic Disorders.

> **NCT05117983** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **National Cheng-Kung University Hospital** · enrollment: 90 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Depression

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05117983
- **Lead sponsor:** National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2021-08-12
- **Primary completion:** 2024-07-31
- **Final completion:** 2024-07-31
- **Target enrollment:** 90 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-11

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05117983

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05117983, "Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Normalizes Dopaminergic Transmission in the Frontostriatal Circuit to Alleviate Depression With Metabolic Disorders.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05117983. Licensed CC0.

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