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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: Continence (Amst). 2022 Oct 19;4:100517. doi: 10.1016/j.cont.2022.100517

Table 3.

Cortical regions to modulate and their corresponding tasks. BPS = bladder pain syndrome.

Cortical regions Task Stimulate/Inhibit?
Right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) Voiding initiation [14,15] Stimulate (40 mins)
Left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) Decision to void [16] Stimulate (40 mins)
Bilateral supplementary motor area (SMA) Pelvic floor contraction [17] Inhibit (10 mins)
Right middle frontal gyrus (MFG) Pelvic floor contraction [15] Inhibit (10 mins)
Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) Anxiety, Pain/BPS [18] Inhibit (10 mins)