ArticleMedicine2017
Effective treatment of narcolepsy-like symptoms with high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: A case report.
Article in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05884112 (Treating Comorbid Depression of Patients With Narcolepsy by Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Treating Comorbid Depression of Patients With Narcolepsy by Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation: A Preliminary Study
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Narcolepsy: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management, and Future Directions, a Narrative Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Review
- Impact of neuromodulation on excessive daytime sleepiness: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Treatment of Pediatric Neurological Disorders.Current treatment options in neurology · 2019Review
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Implications and Management.Chinese medical journal · 2018Review
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
rationaleNarcolepsy is a rare sleep disorder with disrupted sleep-architecture. Clinical management of narcolepsy lies dominantly on symptom-driven pharmacotherapy. The treatment role of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for narcolepsy remains unexplored. PATIENT CONCERNS: In this paper, we present a case of a 14-year-old young girl with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), cataplexy and hypnagogic hallucinations. DIAGNOSES: After excluding other possible medical conditions, this patient was primarily diagnosed with narcolepsy.
interventionsThe patient received 25 sessions of high-frequency rTMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). OUTCOMES: The symptoms of EDS and cataplexy significantly improved after rTMS treatment. Meanwhile, her score in the Epworth sleep scale (ESS) also remarkably decreased. LESSONS: This case indicates that rTMS may be selected as a safe and effective alternative strategy for treating narcolepsy-like symptoms. Well-designed researches are warranted in future investigations on this topic.
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