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ReviewBehavioural neurology2018

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Cognition, and Multiple Sclerosis: An Overview.

Grigorios Nasios, Lambros Messinis, Efthimios Dardiotis, Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos

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Review in Behavioural neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for cognitive and emotional symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Grigorios NasiosDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy, Higher Educational Institute of Epirus, Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7495-6863
Lambros MessinisDepartment of Neurology, Neuropsychology Section, University of Patras Medical School, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3216-9025
Efthimios DardiotisDepartment of Neurology, University of Thessaly Medical School, Larisa, Greece.
Panagiotis PapathanasopoulosDepartment of Neurology, University of Patras Medical School, 26504 Patras, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects cognition in the majority of patients. A major aspect of the disease is brain volume loss (BVL), present in all phases and types (relapsing and progressive) of the disease and linked to both motor and cognitive disabilities. Due to the lack of effective pharmacological treatments for cognition, cognitive rehabilitation and other nonpharmacological interventions such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) have recently emerged and their potential role in functional connectivity is studied. With recently developed advanced neuroimaging and neurophysiological techniques, changes related to alterations of the brain's functional connectivity can be detected. In this overview, we focus on the brain's functional reorganization in MS, theoretical and practical aspects of rTMS utilization in humans, and its potential therapeutic role in treating cognitively impaired MS patients.

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Transcranial Direct Current StimulationBrainCognitionCognition DisordersHumansMultiple SclerosisNeuroimaging

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PMID29568339
PMCPMC5822759

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