Effects of inhibitory theta burst TMS to different brain sites involved in visuospatial attention - a combined neuronavigated cTBS and behavioural study.

CONCLUSIONS: The evidence supports the notion of an involvement of the right TPJ (and pMFG) in spatial visual attention. The observations further indicate that inhibitory non-invasive brain stimulation (cTBS) to the left TPJ has a potential for reversing a rightward bias of spatial attention when the right TPJ is dysfunctional. Accordingly, the findings could have implications for therapeutic rTMS development for right brain damaged patients with visual neglect.
PMID: 26923615 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience - March 1, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Restor Neurol Neurosci Source Type: research