BACKGROUND Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND), is a progressive neurodegenerative disease without effective therapies. Several studies have suggested that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may have positive benefit in ALS. However, the efficacy and safety of this therapy remain uncertain. OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the clinica...

OBJECTIVE Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a safe treatment method with few side effects. However, efficacy for various psychiatric disorders is currently not clear. DATA SOURCES A literature search was performed from 1966 through October 2008 using PubMed, Ovid Medline, Embase Psychiatry, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Re...

OBJECTIVE To compare the low frequency (1 Hz) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) with high frequency (20 Hz) rTMS on motor functional improvement of the affected upper extremity in subacute stroke patients. METHODS Forty patients with subacute ischemic stroke participated in this study. The first group received 10 sessions of 20 Hz rTMS at ipsilesional M1 area and the other g...

Motor cortical excitability is generally increased by highly frequent repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the motor cortex. However, there are few studies of the effect of high-frequency rTMS on serial changes of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) recorded from swallowing-related muscles. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether facilitation of the suprahyoid muscles ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is emerging as a valuable adjunctive therapeutic modality in movement disorders. It is a non-invasive technique of repeated stimulation of the cerebral cortex by a train of magnetic pulses. The therapeutic effect of rTMS was first noted in depression. Later several researchers have investigated the role of rTMS in various movement disorders, n...

background: motor function impairment occurs in approximately two-thirds of patients with subcortical stroke. repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) is a noninvasive technique for modulating cortical excitability. objectives: the present study was designed for assessing the efficacy of high-frequency rtms (5 hz) on ipsilesional primary motor cortex in patients with subcortical stro...

how to cite this article: noohi s, amirsalari s. history, studies and specific uses of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) in treating epilepsy. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):1-8.   abstract objective in this study, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rtms) and its specific use for treating epilepsy were carefully scrutinized.   materials & methods target res...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the long-term behavioral and neurophysiologic effects of combined time-locked repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and physical therapy (PT) intervention in chronic stroke patients with mild motor disabilities. METHODS Thirty patients were enrolled in a double-blind, randomized, single-center clinical trial. Patients received 10 daily sessions of 1 Hz r...

INTRODUCTION Some forms of tinnitus are considered to be auditory phantom phenomena related to reorganization and hyperactivity of the auditory central nervous system. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a non-invasive tool capable of modulating human brain activity, using single pulse or burst stimuli. Burst rTMS has only been performed in the theta range, and has not been u...