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ReviewIndustrial psychiatry journal

Transcranial magnetic stimulation: A review of its evolution and current applications.

Amit Chail, Rajiv Kumar Saini, P S Bhat, Kalpana Srivastava, Vinay Chauhan

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Review in Industrial psychiatry journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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85citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amit ChailDepartment of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Rajiv Kumar SainiDepartment of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
P S BhatDepartment of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Kalpana SrivastavaDepartment of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Vinay ChauhanAssociate Professor, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Armed Forces Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a recently developed noninvasive brain stimulation method for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Although, its exact mechanism of action is still not clear, current evidence points toward its role in causing long-term inhibition and excitation of neurons in certain brain areas. As evidence steadily grows in favor of rTMS as a therapeutic tool; there is a need to develop standardized protocols for its administration. There have been no reports of any serious side effects with rTMS, though its use is restricted in those having magnetic implants or recent adverse neurological or cardiac event. Of all the psychiatric indications of rTMS, the evidence is most robust for treatment of refractory unipolar depression. This paper reviews contemporary literature highlighting the evolution of rTMS as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool, especially in the management of treatment-resistant depression.

Indexed as

Long-term potentiationrepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationtreatment-resistant depression

Identifiers

PMID31359968
PMCPMC6592198
OpenAlexW2953252649

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