Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation appears to be a safe treatment for major depression. The magnetic stimulation increases cortical excitability and functional connectivity without impairing cognition.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation has been used for over a decade to investigate cortical function. More recently, it has been employed to treat psychiatric conditions such as major depression.
Dr. Polash M. Shajahana, at the University of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and colleagues investigated the effects of differential treatment parameters, such as stimulation frequency.
Fifteen patients with major depression were entered into a study involving treatment with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex and brain-functional imaging with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
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