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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2010

Transcranial magnetic simulation in the treatment of migraine.

Richard B Lipton, Starr H Pearlman

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Richard B LiptonDepartment of Neurology, Montefiore Headache Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA. richard.lipton@einstein.yu.edu
Starr H Pearlman
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USArmstrong Atlantic State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a diagnostic and therapeutic modality that is being developed as both an acute and preventive treatment for migraine. TMS delivers a fluctuating magnetic field from the scalp surface to induce current in the subjacent cortex. Magnetic pulses are delivered one at a time in single-pulse TMS (sTMS) or as a train of pulses in repetitive TMS (rTMS). For most of its 30-year history, TMS has been delivered in clinical and research settings using large tabletop devices. Based on the theory that sTMS may disrupt cortical spreading depression, sTMS has been studied and shown to be effective as an acute treatment for migraine with aura. Subsequent work in animal models confirms that sTMS disrupts cortical spreading depression. To make outpatient self-treatment possible, a portable device has been developed for acute treatment of migraine with aura. Based on the theory that rTMS alters brain excitability and neurotransmitter activity, rTMS has been studied as a preventive migraine treatment. A small body of evidence suggests that rTMS may have a role, but further studies are needed. In this review, we summarize the data on TMS as a treatment of migraine, and we suggest directions for future research.

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HumansMigraine DisordersTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation

Identifiers

PMID20430320
PMCPMC5084102
OpenAlexW2004154966

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