Non Invasive Brain Stimulation by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Principles and Applications

Magnetic brain stimulation used as a method of psychological interventions in the treatment of diseases. This method functions used in the treatment of clinical disorder such as speech and movement disorders caused by stroke, tinnitus, Parkinson's disease, nervous tics. Applications in the field of psychological therapy, it is possible to stimulate specific brain area involved in certain mental illnesses including schizophrenia. Proven scientific results based on magnetic stimulation of the brain showed: this way, cure diseases such as addiction, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder. On the other hand, this method is one of the ways of studying the brain function.   In the method by the law of electromagnetic induction, induced currents varying shapes and winding, in the brain. The advantage of this method is that brain stimulation has the least pain and discomfort. Magnetic stimulation of the brain in terms of pulse split into three categories: single pulse, pulse magnetic stimulation pair repeatedly. Research has shown the procedure to increase or reduce brain excitability and plasticity. It also has a significant effect in the treatment of mental illness.