Abstract Current efforts to optimize the antidepressant efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) focus on personalizing protocols, e.g., neuroimaging-based target selection, but little attention is given what should occur during these three-to-thirty-minute sessions. This a potential blind-spot in psychiatric research, particularly for treating patients with internalizing...

OBJECTIVE  To systematically review the literature to date applying repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) or transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). METHOD  Electronic bibliography databases screened included PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, PsychINFO, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library. The keyword "fibromyalgia" was combined with ("transcra...

Abstract Background Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are almost universally delayed in the acquisition of spoken language as primary means communication so they tend to have restricted outcomes terms independence and integration. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a promising, emerging tool for study (study modulate excitability plasticity, applied single pulses investigate ...

Hypersexual disorder has phenomenological resemblance with impulsive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Inhibitory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the supplementary motor area (SMA) has been found to be effective in the management of impulsive-compulsive behaviors. Inhibitory rTMS over SMA may be helpful in hypersexual disorder. We highlight here a case of hypersexual disor...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been suggested as antidepressive treatment strategy. The mechanism of action by which the antidepressive effect is brought about remains unclear at present. Here, we report findings in a patient suffering from recurrent major depression and rheumatoid arthritis. Improvement of depressive symptoms during 20 Hz rTMS of the left dorsolateral ...

BACKGROUND Disruption of cortical function can improve behavior. Motor cortex (M1) transcallosal interactions are mainly inhibitory; after unilateral damage to M1, there is increased excitability of the unaffected M1. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of M1 produces a temporary reduction in cortical excitability in the same M1 that outlasts the duration of the rTMS train. The ...

The authors investigated the use of slow-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the unaffected hemisphere to decrease interhemispheric inhibition of the lesioned hemisphere and improve motor function in patients within 12 months of a stroke. Patients showed a significant decrease in simple and choice reaction time and improved performance of the Purdue Pegboard test wi...

The authors investigated whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) at 1 Hz (12 minutes; 90% of motor threshold) to the primary motor cortex (M1) leads to changes in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). After the rTMS train, there was a temporary small restriction in diffusion within the targeted left M1 that disappeared after 5 minutes. These findings provide a physiologic correl...

BACKGROUND The aim of the current study was to investigate the cognitive correlates of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in 10 treatment-resistant depression patients. METHODS Patients received forty 20-min sessions of fast-frequency (10 Hz) rTMS of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) over 20 days. Concept-shift ability (accuracy and duration of performance) was ...