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rTMS ( repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)

Another technique that can be used to treat Parkinson’s, Tourette’s, OCD, and some other disorders, is rTMS.  rTMS uses essentially an electromagnetic pulse to disrupt the electric activity (action potentials) of neurons.  rTMS can be focused on a specific region of the brain (just like the DBS I talked about before), so we can target and inactivate regions that will help increase movements in Parkinson’s patients.  The weakness of rTMS is that is temporary, so you have to do it fairly often to have longterm benefits.  It also takes a bit of time each time it is done and can be fairly expensive.

The image above is from just regular TMS, which is usually a single, targeted pulse.  This can actually be used to enhance activity in a specific region.

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Sure, it’s neat but hardly as accurate as transcranial pulsed ultrasound, deep brain stimulation or optogenetics (which is just too fucking accurate for its own good).