... Abstract Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is being investigated as a treatmentof psychiatric disorders. This chapter reviews publications of the treatment of anxiety disorders:obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and panic disorder(PD...

... Abstract Non-invasive neuromodulation techniques such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) enable researchers and health care professionals to gain unique insight into brain functions and to treat a number of neurological and psychiatric conditions. Repeated applications of anodal...

... with electromagnetic neurostimulation techniques, has been widely used for the treatment of different types of pharmacoresistant pain, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) exemplify readily available noninvasive neuromodulation methods. We have used...

... Abstract Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) is the only diagnostic modality that provides a reliable evaluation of intracranial blood flow patterns in real-time. The physiological information obtained from TCD is complementary to the anatomical details obtained from other neuroimaging...

..., MRgFUS), real-time therapy guidance and control has been established. The safety, feasibility and effectiveness of transcranial MRgFUS were investigated in four initial clinical studies including 4 to 15 patients each. In the first study, which dealt with the treatment of inoperable recurrent...

... Abstract In recent years, efforts have focused on investigating the neurophysiological changes that occur in the brain after stroke, and on developing novel strategies such as additional brain stimulation to enhance sensorimotor and cognitive recovery. In the 1990s, repetitive transcranial...

... Abstract In recent years, the therapeutic properties of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) have been investigated more or less systematically for the treatment of a multitudeof psychiatric disorders. Unfortunately, the effects are far from being convincing.Therefore...

... Abstract Brain imaging can tell us a lot about how transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)affects the brain, and it can also help us guide and deliver TMS in more precise ways. Forexample, one can use structural or functional brain imaging to precisely position the TMScoil over the proper scalp...

... Abstract For more than a decade, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has beeninvestigated as therapeutic intervention in mental diseases. Depression was the first psychiatricdisorder where rTMS was applied and is still a major application with more than 30published placebo...

... Abstract Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a new technology which holdspromise as a treatment in neuropsychiatry. Drugs and psychotherapy are inadequate forrelieving depressive symptoms in a substantial portion of severely depressed patients. In thatpatient group...

... effective, better tolerated, better accepted, and less expensive therapies.Several preliminary studies, as well as reviews and meta-analyses of clinical trials, support apotential antidepressant effect with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Wewill briefly review the concept of rTMS...

... Abstract Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has proven useful for the studyand treatment of schizophrenic symptoms. This chapter describes the clinical studies withrTMS in schizophrenia identified by Medline search. There is evidence of an effect on positivesymptoms...

... Abstract Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a potent tool for modifyingneural activities at the stimulated site and at a distance along functional anatomical connections.Since various neurological diseases are associated with dysfunction of neuralpathways that include...

... Abstract Brain stimulation with weak direct current has recently been reintroduced as a methodto elicit and modulate neuroplasticity of the human cerebral cortex. Transcranial direct currentstimulation (tDCS) generates modulations of excitability during as well as up to an hourafter the end...

... Abstract Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an established technique fornoninvasive brain stimulation and widely used in basic and clinical neurophysiology. Yet,brain stimulation using traditional rTMS systems is limited to superficial, i.e. mainly corticalbrain sites laying...

... that low intensity (≤2W/cm2) US safely enhanced thrombolytic drug activitywithin a wide range of frequencies (0.04-3.4 MHz). In humans, transcranial sonothrombolysiswith mid-kHz frequencies showed an unacceptably high rate of intracranial bleeding,while the use of 2MHz yielded promising results...

... Abstract The enhancement of thrombolysis by ultrasound energy (sonothrombolysis) is anemerging field of interest in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Recent in vitro and clinicalstudies have investigated the effects of using transcranially applied ‘diagnostic’ ultrasoundfor this purpose...

... Abstract Detection of microembolic signals (MES) with transcranial Doppler was introduced inthe late 1980s; several animal and in vitro models reported a high sensitivity and specificitywith this technique. Monitoring for MES in various patient groups has provided valuableinsights on stroke...