The aim of the current study was to attempt replicate finding that individual alpha frequency (IAF) as well absolute difference between IAF and 10 Hz stimulation (IAF-prox) is related treatment outcome. Correlations were performed investigate relationship IAF-prox percentage symptom improvement in a sample 153 patients with major depressive disorder treated (N = 59) left dorsolateral prefrontal...

Modulation of activity in the left temporoparietal area (LTA) by 10 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) results in a transient reduction of tinnitus. We aimed to replicate these results and test whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of LTA could yield similar effect. Patients with tinnitus underwent six different types of stimulation in a random order: 10-Hz ...

BACKGROUND Motor cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was found to relieve chronic neuropathic pain, but the optimal parameters of stimulation remain to be determined, including the site of stimulation. OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between cortical stimulation site and pain site regarding the analgesic efficacy of rTMS of motor cortex in chronic neuropathic pa...

A 29-year-old woman with schizophrenia introduced for application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for refractory visual hallucinations. Following inhibitory rTMS on visual cortex she reported significant reduction in severity and simplification of complexity of hallucinations, which lasted for three months. rTMS can be considered as a possibly potent treatment for visual halluci...

One Hertz (1 Hz) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an effective therapy for auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH). Theta burst protocols (TBS) show longer after-effects. This single-blind, randomized controlled study compared continuous TBS with 1Hz rTMS in a 10-day treatment. Patients were diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. TBS demonstrated equal clin...

Abstract Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a clinically effective treatment in major depressive disorder (MDD) when targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Yet, at least 44% of patients do not achieve remission, requiring validated alternatives, such as orbitofrontal (OFC) targeted rTMS. Preliminary results employing 1Hz OFC-rTMS show 30% achieving response (i...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to perform a meta-analysis of studies that investigated the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on upper limb motor function in patients with stroke. METHODS We searched for randomized controlled trials published between January 1990 and October 2011 in PubMed, Medline, Cochrane, and CINAHL using the following key...

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Cortical and spinal cord plasticity may be induced with non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation to encourage long term potentiation or depression of neuronal circuits. Such plasticity inducing stimulation provides an attractive approach to promote changes in sensorimotor circuits that have been degraded by spinal cord injury (SCI). If residual corticospinal circuits can be conditioned ap...