Posted by SLS on April 21, 2001, at 11:46:38
In reply to Re: Seizure Induction with rTMS » SLS, posted by Cam W. on April 20, 2001, at 19:31:54
Dear Cam,
The more I think about this, the more excited I become. I am going to put this on my list of alternatives. I can't wait to see what comes of it.
Thanks again.
- Scott
> Archives of General Psychiatry / volume:58 (page: 199)
> Deliberate Seizure Induction With Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Nonhuman Primates Sarah H. Lisanby, MD; Bruce Luber, PhD; Harold A. Sackeim, PhD; A. D. Finck, MD; Charles Schroeder, PhD February 2001.
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> Scott - The above researchers, in a letter to the editor of the Archives of General Psychiatry in February, 2001, found that when you turn up the magnetism on the TMS you can induce seizures that have antidepressant effects similar to ECT in adolescent 'Macaca mulata'. rTMS has an advantage ove ECT in that the focal point of stimulation can be localized and more controlled because the electrical currents of ECT are blocked and spread out by the skull, whereas magnetic fields pass through virtually unimpeded. This could eventually mean that there would be fewer cognitive side effects with the same (or better) antidepressant effects with rTMS. They are now working to fine tune the rTMS to find proper levels of magnestism and better ways to reduce coil heating.
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> Just thought that this was kinda cool. - Cam
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