Posted by SLS on April 21, 2001, at 10:20:31
In reply to Re: Seizure Induction with rTMS » SLS, posted by Cam W. on April 20, 2001, at 19:31:54
> 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. - CamWow. I wouldn't have guessed it capable of that. I would like to know more about that.
The NIMH has just begun a study using a higher *frequency* rTMS than they had previously. They have set out to compare 1 stimulation per second to 20 stimulations per second. They are focusing on treatment-resistant unipolar and bipolar depression They are still looking for volunteers.
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- Scott
By the way, I ran across an abstract that indicated that ECT reduces the secretion of CRH.
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