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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2025.081
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Determining targets for personalized multitarget noninvasive stimulation of the frontoparietal control network

Poydasheva AG , Sinitsyn DO , Bakulin IS , Zabirova AH , Lagoda DYu , Suponeva NA , Piradov MA
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Russian Сenter of Neurology and Neurosciences, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Alexandra G. Poydasheva
Volokolamskoye shosse, 80, Moscow, 125310, Russia; ur.ygoloruen@avehsadyop

About paper

Funding: the study was conducted as part of the project “Developing a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Method to Improve Cognitive Functions in Healthy Individuals” implemented within the framework of the National Project “New Health Preservation Technologies” (registration number 1025020400006-8-3.2.25).

Author contribution: Poydasheva AG, Sinitsyn DO, Bakulin IS — study planning and design; Poydasheva AG, Zabirova AH — literature review; Bakulin IS, Zabirova AH, Lagoda DYu — data acquisition; Sinitsyn DO, Poydasheva AG — data analysis; Poydasheva AG, Sinitsyn DO — manuscript writing; all authors — data interpretation, manuscript editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Russian Сenter of Neurology and Neurosciences (protocol No. 5-1/25 dated 19 May 2025). All the volunteers signed the informed consent form.

Received: 2025-11-14 Accepted: 2025-12-10 Published online: 2025-12-20
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