Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is increasingly used to investigate mechanisms of brain functions and plasticity, but also as a promising new therapeutic tool. The effects of rTMS depend on the intensity and frequency of stimulation and consist of changes of cortical excitability, which often persists several minutes after termination of rTMS. While these findings imply that...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been reported to improve naming in chronic stroke patients with nonfluent aphasia since 2005. In part 1, we review the rationale for applying slow, 1-Hz, rTMS to the undamaged right hemisphere in chronic nonfluent aphasia patients after a left hemisphere stroke; and we present a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocol used with th...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive technique to stimulate the brain, nerve and muscle by electric fields that are generated from an excitation coil. rTMS offers potential benefit as a therapeutic treatment for a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Although various rTMS schemes have been developed for clinical studies, there is a lack of the coil...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder that affects children and young adults. It results in significant impairment of their educational, social and occupational functioning and is associated economic societal burden. Whilst there are effective medications (such as methylphenidate) as well as some psychobehavioural therapies that can help with mana...

Prevalensi nyeri punggung bawah kronik (NPBK) masih tinggi, saat ini belum ada pengobatan farmakologis yang efektif dengan efek samping minimal apabila dikonsumsi dalam jangka panjang sedangkan NPBK pada umumnya membutuhkan panjang. Penelitian bertujuan menilai pengaruh intervensi kombinasi repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ( rTMS) dan Peripheral Stimualtion (rPMS) terhadap perubahan...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been applied with variable success to terminate the seizures of epilepsia partialis continua. The rationale for using this technique to suppress ongoing seizures is the capacity of rTMS to interrupt ongoing neuronal activity, and to produce a lasting decrease in cortical excitability with low-frequency (1 Hz) stimulation. We report a case ...

This article deals with the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of depressive disorder. The method involves influencing the brain using variable magnetic field. Repetitive TMS is safe, well-tolerated and has very few adverse effects. It is the treatment of depressive disorder where psychiatrists have most experience with this method which, however, is sta...

BACKGROUND The primary motor cortex (M1) is an effective target of non-invasive cortical stimulation (NICS) for pain threshold modulation. It has been suggested that the initial level of cortical excitability of M1 plays a key role in the plastic effects of NICS. OBJECTIVE Here we investigate whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) primed 1 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic s...

Functional brain imaging with nonfluent aphasia patients has shown increased cortical activation (perhaps "overactivation") in right (R) hemisphere language homologues. These areas of overactivation may represent a maladaptive strategy that interferes with, rather than promotes, aphasia recovery. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a painless, noninvasive procedure that utili...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a form of non-invasive brain frequently used to induce neuroplasticity in the brain. Even at low intensities, rTMS has been shown modulate aspects neuronal plasticity such as motor learning and structural reorganisation neural tissue. However, impact intensity on glial cells astrocytes remains largely unknown. This study investigated change...