Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Improving Cognition in Patients With Alzheimer Disease: Protocol for a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Zahra Moussavi   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Grant Rutherford   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Brian Lithgow   ^{1 *} , MEng ;   Colleen Millikin   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Mandana Modirrousta   ^{3 *} , MD, PhD ;   Behzad Mansouri   ^{4 *} , MD, PhD ;   Xikui Wang   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Craig Omelan   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Lesley Fellows   ^{6 *} , MD, PhD ;   Paul Fitzgerald   ^{7 *} , MD, PhD ;   Lisa Koski   ^{8 *} , PhD

¹ Biomedical Engineering Program, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

² Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Max Rady College of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

³ Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁴ Vision and Concussion-iScope Clinic, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁵ Warren Centre for Actuarial Studies and Research, I H Asper School of Business, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁶ Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

⁸ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

*all authors contributed equally