TMS Improves Memory in Schizophrenia

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may improve impaired cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia, a new pilot study suggests.

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Posted: May 15 2013

Cortico-Cortical Modulation Induced by 1-Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Temporal Cortex

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has potential as a noninvasive neuromodulation treatment method for various neuropsychiatric disorders, and repeated sessions of rTMS are more likely to enhance the therapeutic efficacy.

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Posted: May 09 2013

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus treatment

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21511205 by Dr. Stubbeman BACKGROUND: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the temporal cortex has shown beneficial effects in patients with chronic tinnitus. Recent preclinical data in healthy controls suggest that the effects of low-frequency rTMS can be enhanced by…

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Posted: Sep 10 2012

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus

This study compared rTMS responders and non-responders when following up in the treatment of tinnitus, or ringing in the ears. In the original study, a responder was defined as an improvement of at least 10 points according to the tinnitus…

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Posted: Aug 13 2012

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of depression: feasibility and results under naturalistic conditions: a retrospective analysis

Depression is a severe, common psychiatric illness with limited therapeutic options. Treatment refractory depression can be hard to track and compliance from patients can be difficult to achieve. In this study 232 patients with resistant-depression were studied in a naturalistic setting…

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Posted: Aug 03 2012

Transcranial stimulation in depression

This article outlines how treatment-resistant depression presents a clinical challenge: there are a high number of different neurostimulatory treatments that are currently in different stages of development. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has shown promises to be well-tolerated minimally invasive treatments…

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Posted: Aug 02 2012

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for tinnitus treatment: no enhancement by the dopamine and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor bupropion

In this study, subjects with chronic tinnitus received treatment to the left temporal cortex and one dosage of 150 mg bupropion (Wellbutrin XL/Elontril) 4 hours before each TMS session. While there was a significant effect of rTMS in the reduction…

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Posted: Aug 02 2012

Safety, tolderability, and effectiveness of high doses of adjunctive daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment – Resistant depression in a clinical setting

In this study, 19 treatment refractory patients enrolled and were on an unchanged dose of anti-depressant or mood stabilizing medication through the course of treatment. Each patient received 5 sessions per week for a minimum of 2 weeks and, by…

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Posted: Jul 13 2012

A randomized trial comparing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation given 3 days/week and 5 days/week for the treatment of major depression: is efficacy related to the duration of treatment or the number of treatments?

When comparing 2 groups receiving 4 and 5 treatments per week, participants in the daily treatment group showed more improvement by week 4 than those in the spaced treatment group. There was significant improvement in both groups in ratings of…

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Posted: Jul 13 2012

Improving the antidepressant efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation: maximizing the number of stimulations and treatment location in treatment-resistant depression

By comparing 2 treatment groups at 3 and 5 days a week over time, found efficacy of rTMS is related to the number of treatments given and that spacing the treatments neither improves nor reduces efficacy (McDonald et al., 2011).…

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Posted: Jul 13 2012