Transcranial magnetic stimulation

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled ”Transcranial magnetic stimulation: applications in neurology” (Rev Neurol (Paris) 2005 Nov;161(11):1121-1130). Author is Lafaucheur JP from Service de Physiologie – Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a valuable, non-invasive tool in the diagnosis and the pathophysiological assessment of cortical dysfunction involved in various neurological diseases (multiple sclerosis, myelopathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, movement disorders, epilepsy, stroke). In the near future, repetitive TMS could have therapeutic applications in neurology (epilepsy, stroke rehabilitation program) as is already the case in some psychiatric diseases. However, most of the new indications for treatment with cortical stimulation will be based on surgically-implanted neuromodulation procedures. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.