The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), which together with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) is spearheading the trials, defines TMS as a “non-invasive therapeutic modality that utilises magnetic fields to modulate neural activity in specific brain regions.”
The trials, namely Asia Pacific Individual Connectomics – Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (APIC-TMS) and Singapore’s Precision Approach for Relief from Depression (SPARK-D), are modelled after the Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT) protocol.
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