Effects of rTMS on Parkinson’s disease: a longitudinal fMRI study

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 258; no. 7; pp. 1268 - 1280
• Main Authors: González-García, Nadia, Armony, Jorge L., Soto, Julian, Trejo, David, Alegría, Marco A., Drucker-Colín, René
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.07.2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation - methods; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - blood supply; Brain - physiopathology; Brain Mapping; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Female; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Longitudinal Studies; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Motor Activity - physiology; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Original Communication; Oxygen - blood; Parkinson Disease - pathology; Parkinson Disease - therapy; Parkinson's disease; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reaction Time - physiology; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - methods; fMRI; Caudate nucleus; Supplementary motor area; Trancranial magnetic stimulation; Parkinson’s disease; Nervous system diseases; Parkinson's disease; Central nervous system; Parkinson disease; Basal ganglion; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Encephalon; Cerebral disorder; Central nervous system disease; Magnetic stimulus; Degenerative disease; Extrapyramidal syndrome

Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder whose principal symptoms are tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability. Initially, drugs like l -dopa or dopaminergic agonists are able to control these symptoms, but with the progress of the disease these drugs become less effective. Previous...