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📡TMS

Noninvasive magnetic pulses that briefly perturb cortical circuits.

Also called: rTMS · brain stimulation

TMS
Eric Wassermann, M.D. · Public domain
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causal perturbationFocus
70/100Research
80/100Awareness
50/100Complexity
41/100Clinical
32/100Debate

TMS sits at the centre of causal perturbation — studied across molecules, circuits, behaviour and clinic.

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80AwarenessEditorial 0–100 browsing aid within this atlas.
50ComplexityEditorial 0–100 browsing aid within this atlas.
41Clinical weightEditorial 0–100 browsing aid within this atlas.

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  • Research70
  • Awareness80
  • Complexity50
  • Clinical weight41
  • Plasticity38
  • Live debate32

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Sources & research

  1. Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a primerHallett M · 2007 · NeuronDOIPubMed
  2. Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)Lefaucheur JP; et al. · 2014 · Clinical NeurophysiologyDOIPubMed
  3. Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the human brainWalsh V; Cowey A · 2000 · Nature Reviews NeuroscienceDOIPubMed

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