Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Author

Amassian, V.E. ; Maccabee, P.J.

Author_Institution

Downstate Med. Center, State Univ. of New York, NY

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

1620

Lastpage

1623

Abstract

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), by providing a method of stimulating human brain without the need for surgical exposure or significant discomfort, facilitated the study of cerebral functions in both normal subjects and patients. The aspects of TMS treated include: (1) The part(s) of neurons readily direct excited by TMS; (2) the optimal relationship between the orientations of the electric field induced by TMS and the directly excited neurons; (3) the transynaptic effects of the directly excited neurons that are either distant or local; (4) the effects of repetitive versus single pulse TMS

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomagnetism; brain; cellular biophysics; electric fields; neurophysiology; patient treatment; cerebral functions; electric field; excited neurons; human brain; repetitive TMS; single pulse TMS; transcranial magnetic stimulation; transynaptic effects; Biomembranes; Coils; Humans; Magnetic flux; Magnetic heads; Magnetic stimulation; Nerve fibers; Neurons; Skull; Surgery;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259398

Filename

4462078