© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Thomas Platz (ed.)Therapeutic rTMS in Neurology10.1007/978-3-319-25721-1_12 12. Therapeutic rTMS in Neurology: Applications, Concepts, and Issues Thomas Platz1 (1) BDH-Klinik Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität, Greifswald, Germany Thomas Platz Email: t.platz@bdh-klinik-greifswald.de 12.1…
Fig. 11.1 Tinnitus networks. Brain networks involved in phantom perception. Increased activity in the auditory cortex (brown) as a consequence of auditory deprivation is necessary, but not sufficient for tinnitus…
Fig. 10.1 Practical algorithm on the implementation of rTMS in the treatment of neuropathic pain Despite their statistical significance, rTMS effects are rather modest and short lasting on a clinical…
Reference Populationa Interventions Main results Cardoso et al. (2008) 21 PD patients with depression (1) rTMS group (N = 11): 67 (8.3) years old, 11 (7.6) years duration, Hoehn and Yahr stage…
Fig. 6.1 (a) (Aphasia score) Change in aphasia test scores pre and post sham or rTMS treatment. There is a significant larger change in global aphasia scores for the TMS…
Fig. 4.1 Hand motor cortex mapping before and after a series of contralesional M1 LF 1 Hz rTMS. S1 denotes primary somatosensory cortex. In this case of a 75-year-old female…
Fig. 5.1 Evaluation tools for swallowing function. (a) Videofluoroscopy (VFS). Black arrow shows aspirated barium below the vocal cord and arrowhead shows residue in pyriform sinus. (b) Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation…
Fig. 7.1 rTMS targets employed in treatment studies of aphasia in the right and left inferior frontal and superior temporal gyri In addition to variability in the anatomic sites of…
Fig. 2.1 Cellular and molecular effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) relevant to neural plasticity. (a) Schematic illustrating the effects of rTMS on neural tissue. While experimental evidence has…
Fig. 3.1 Model of interhemispheric competition: In the healthy brain, interhemispheric inhibition (red arrows) is balanced between both M1 at rest, while unilateral movement is associated with a shift toward…
