Letter to the EditorsFronto-temporal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) reduces source-monitoring deficits and auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia
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Role of the funding source
None.
Contributors
EP, JB and MM designed the study and wrote the protocol. MM and JB managed the literature searches, analyses of the data, and statistical analysis. MM wrote the first draft of the manuscript. FH and EP contributed to the recruitment of patients and clinical assessment procedures. All authors contributed to and have approved the final manuscript.
Conflict of interest
All the authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this study.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to Mrs. Caroline Damasceno who assisted with the tDCS sessions and the collection of the data. We also thank “le Conseil Scientifique de la Recherche” of the Vinatier Hospital for the financial support and the “Région Rhône Alpes” who supported the doctoral fellowship of MM for the study period. JB is supported by the 2013 NARSAD Young Investigator from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (Grant Number 20988).
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