rTMS in Psychiatry
rTMS Machine Various novel and non-invasive brain stimulation methods have come in last two decades Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Magnetic Seizure Therapy Deep Brain Stimulation Vagus Nerve Stimulation Although they differ in means of application and degree of invasiveness, all of these procedures are essentially electrical in nature. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Brief historical Overview The Machine How to Administer How Does it Act Adverse Effects Therapeutic Applications Brief history… Faraday in 1831 showed that a time-varying magnetic field can induce a current in a nearby conductor The French scientist d’Arsonval in 1896 reported on the first application of TMS in humans. He induced phosphenes (a flickering-light sensation not elicited by visual perception), vertigo, and syncope in subjects whose heads were placed in a large electromagnetic coil. In 1959, Kolin demonstrated for…
