Modulating the default mode network with deep TMS: a proof-of-concept framework with potential relevance to circuits implicated in lack of awareness of cognitive decline

Youssef  Bellaali; Dominika  Sulcova; Adriana Salatino; Laurence  Dricot; Bernard Jimmy  Hanseeuw; John L.  Woodard; Adrian Ivanoiu

doi:10.3389/fnagi.2026.1742759

Modulating the default mode network with deep TMS: a proof-of-concept framework with potential relevance to circuits implicated in lack of awareness of cognitive decline

Youssef Bellaali
, Dominika Sulcova
, Adriana Salatino
, Laurence Dricot
, Bernard Jimmy Hanseeuw
, John L. Woodard
, Adrian Ivanoiu

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Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, 1200, Belgium
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States

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Original language	English
Journal	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2026.1742759
Publication status	Published - 22 Apr 2026

Keywords

Alzheimer disease
anosognosia
continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS)
default mode network (DMN)
fMRI
posterior cingulate cortex (PCC)
TMS

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