“…Previous studies have stimulated the most activated brain region seen on functional imaging scans [Kleinjung et al, 2005;Langguth et al, 2007;Plewnia et al, 2007a, b;Smith et al, 2007], the left cortex because in functional imaging studies most activation was found on this side [de Ridder et al, 2005;Khedr et al, 2008;Kleinjung et al, 2007;Lehner et al, 2012;Marcondes et al, 2010;Rossi et al, 2007], or the contralateral auditory cortex [de Ridder et al, 2005]. Our study is the first using bilateral rTMS on tinnitus patients.…”