Treatment of Post-stroke Motor Dsyfunction by Interleaved Trancranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Functional MRI (TMS-fMRI)

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was first used by Anthony Baker and his co-investigators in 1985. They used TMS to induce weak electric currents of 1.0 Hz or less to stimulate and promote a neural metabolic response within the cerebral nervous system. This resulted not only in a physical response but a functional response as well. Further investigations and experimentation though the manipulation of repetitive TMS pulses has shown either increases or decreases in the promotion of neural transmissions depending upon the coil orientation of the TMS device, intensity of the magnetic pulse as well as its frequency.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - January 29, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Qiwen Mu, Huaping Chen, Bin He, Zhiwei Guo, Jun Ou, Morgan A. McClure Source Type: research