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Peer-reviewed studies and reviews on Deep TMS for Basic Science Studies.
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Publication & Date:Brain Stimulation 7:19 (2014) Investigators:A Ginou, Y Roth, A Zangen
Standard coils used in research and the clinic for noninvasive magnetic stimulation of the human brain are not capable of stimulating deep brain regions directly. As the fields induced by these coils decrease rapidly as a function of depth, only very high…
Noninvasive magnetic stimulation of the human central nervous system has been used in research and the clinic for several years. However, the coils used thus far stimulate mainly the cortical brain regions and could not stimulate deeper brain regions directly. Objective: The…
The H-coils are a novel development in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), designed to achieve effective stimulation of deep neuronal regions without inducing unbearable fields cortically, thus broadly expanding the potential feasibility of TMS for research and for treating various neurologic disorders. Objective:…
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive approach used for stimulating the human brain.Repetitive stimulation over the prefrontal cortex has proven effective in the treatment of major depression, however the mechanism of the antidepressant action is unknown. Objective: Since the nucleus accumbens…
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a very effective treatment for major depression. This method involves robust non focal stimulation of the brain and can normalize both neurochemical alterations and depressive behavior in animal models. The authors hypothesized that short stimulation sessions of specific…
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and devastating mental illness behaviorally characterized by various symptoms, including reduced motivation, anhedonia and psychomotor retardation. Although the etiology of MDD is still obscure, a genetic predisposition appears to play an important role. Objective: This…
Approximately one third of all major depression patients fail to respond to conventional pharmacological antidepressants, and brain stimulation methods pose a promising alternative for this population. Recently, based on repeated multifactorial selective inbreeding of rats for depressive-like behaviors, we introduced a novel…
Neuroimaging studies suggest that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) plays a central role in cognitive theory of mind (ToM). Objective: To assess more definitively, using deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (Deep TMS™), whether the mPFC plays a central role in ToM. Method: Sixteen…
Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Deep TMS™) is a neurostimulation technique for deep brain structures that has recently been successfully applied in the clinic for treatment of addiction. In contrast to conventional magnetic stimulation, which uses planar coils (figure 8) to target specific…
As advances in neuroimaging further our understanding of the brain's functional connectivity, neuropsychology has moved away from a regional approach of attributing behavior to a specific region towards a network approach, attributing behavior to interconnected regions. A prime example of this is…
