Stimolazione magnetica transcranica (TMS) combinata con navigazione cerebrale nella depressione bipolare farmaco-resistente : un caso clinico=Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) combined with navigated brain stimulation in drug-resistant Bipolar Depression : a case report
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2006
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Stimolazione magnetica transcranica (TMS) combinata con navigazione cerebrale nella depressione bipolare farmaco-resistente : un caso clinico=Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) combined with navigated brain stimulation in drug-resistant Bipolar Depression : a case report / A.C. Altamura, B. Dell'Osso, M. Mariotti. - In: GIORNALE ITALIANO DI PSICOPATOLOGIA. - ISSN 1592-1107. - 12:4(2006 Dec), pp. 444-446.
Abstract:
Recently, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation – a brain stimulation technique that allows
electrical stimulation of the brain via magnetic fields induction – has been combined
with Brain Imaging techniques increasing the precision and the reliability of
stimulation during treatment. Herein it presented the case of a 52-year-old female suffering
from drug-resistant Major Depressive Episode and with a diagnosis of Bipolar
Disorder (type I), who was successfully treated with a 3-week treatment of low-frequency
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (1 Hz, intensity 110% of the motor threshold,
stimulation on the right hemisphere) combined with brain navigation via magnetic
resonance. At the end of the treatment, patient’s symptoms were markedly improved
as supported by the reduced scores on the Hamilton depression rating scale
and Clinical Global Impression scale. Patient restarted working. Side-effects, consisting
of mild headache and confusion, limited primarily to the first hour after the
first daily sessions, disappeared during the second week of treatment. After three
months of follow-up, the patient maintains the same level of improvement.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS); Brain Navigation; Bipolar Depression
Elenco autori:
A.C. Altamura, B. Dell'Osso, M. Mariotti
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