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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): insights into the treatment of Parkinson's disease by cortical stimulation.
Clinical Neurophysiology 2006 May
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a potent tool that can be used to modify activity of targeted cortical areas. Significant clinical effects have been obtained in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) by stimulating different cortical regions with rTMS at inhibitory (low) or excitatory (high) frequency. These effects were thought to result from plastic changes in motor cortical networks. Actually cortical dysfunction has been documented in PD by neuroimaging and neurophysiologic studies showing either hypo- or hyper-activation of various brain areas. In addition, cortical excitability studies using transcranial magnetic stimulation disclosed significant alterations in intracortical facilitatory or inhibitory processes according to the resting state or to phases of movement preparation or execution. These observations clearly support the therapeutic potential of cortical neuromodulation in PD. Motor cortex stimulation could impact on any station within the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loops that are involved in motor control, providing alleviation of parkinsonian symptoms. Depending on the target, cortical stimulation might improve motor performance or other symptoms associated with PD, like depression. Clinical application of rTMS to treat PD patients is limited by the short duration of the effects beyond the time of stimulation, even if long-lasting improvements have been observed after repeated rTMS sessions. In any case, the place of cortical stimulation in the therapeutic management of PD patients remains to be determined, as an alternative or a complementary technique to deep brain stimulation. The rTMS technique could be used to better define the targets and the parameters of stimulation subsequently applied in chronic epidural stimulation.
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