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MAGNETIC STIMULATION
What is it?
Early Attempts!
Modern Application
History
Applications of TMS
Neurological disorders
Psychiatric disorders
Examples:
Therapeutic Application in
Neurological Disorders
Movement disorders:
Neuro-rehabilitation
Chronic Pain
(rTMS) of the cortex induces analgesic
effects in focal chronic pain syndromes.
Therapeutic Application
in Psychiatric Disorders
Mood Disorders
First-Generation Studies
Explanations :
1- most patients included in these studies were
treatment resistant.
Second-Generation
Studies
20 or more treatments.
Third-Generation Studies
bilateral rTMS.
The studies showed no difference
between the groups.
Limitations of these studies:
Metaanalyses of rTMS in
MDD
Anxiety Disorders
obsessive-compulsive disorder
posttraumatic stress disorder
panic disorder
Schizophrenia
TMS:
Thank You !