“…Eight studies reported reduced SICI in medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia, 45,54,60,81,82,89,93 patients with recent-onset schizophrenia 60 and medicated patients with first-episode schizophrenia; 58 1 study reported unchanged SICI in patients with chronic schizophrenia and medication resistance; 95 1 study reported unchanged SICI in medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia at interstimulus intervals of 1, 2, 3 and 4 ms but when data for the 4 interstimulus intervals were pooled, patients showed reduced SICI; 84 1 study reported reduced SICI in people at risk; 56 1 study found unchanged SICI in people at risk. 54 Intracortical facilitation Seven studies reported no significant differences between medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia and healthy controls; 45,54,60,82,84,93,95 1 study found no significant difference between people at risk, medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia and healthy controls; 54 1 study reported mixed results: reduced intracortical facilitation in medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia compared to healthy controls in 1 experimental session, but no difference between the groups in another session that was 4~8 days apart 89 Long-interval intracortical inhibition…”