SynthesisMedicine2020
Motor recovery and antidepressant effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on Parkinson disease: A PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Theta Burst Stimulation-Patterned rTMS on Motor and Nonmotor Dysfunction of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Bilateral intermittent theta burst stimulation over the primary motor cortex improves motor and affective symptoms via thalamic network reintegration in mid-stage Parkinson's disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026Trial
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonian Syndromes: A Narrative Expert Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Efficacy and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor function, depression, and cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2026Review
- Consensus review and considerations on TMS to treat depression: A comprehensive update endorsed by the National Network of Depression Centers, the Clinical TMS Society, and the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Review
- Treadmill exercise prevents stress-induced anxiety-like behaviors via enhancing the excitatory input from the primary motor cortex to the thalamocortical circuit.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Review
- Approaches for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease: a narrative review.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2025Review
- New Perspectives for Spinal Cord Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease-Associated Gait Impairment: A Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
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- Noninvasive Neuromodulation in Parkinson's Disease: Insights from Animal Models.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Depression in Parkinson's Disease: An Updated Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
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- Parkinson's Disease Related Depression and Anxiety: A 22-Year Bibliometric Analysis (2000-2022).Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Review
- High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Regulates Astrocyte Activation by Modulating the Endocannabinoid System in Parkinson's Disease.Molecular neurobiology · 2022Article
- Gaps and roadmap of novel neuromodulation targets for treatment of gait in Parkinson's disease.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2022Review
- The neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease: advances and challenges.The Lancet. Neurology · 2022Review
- Bilateral Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation With the H-Coil in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundClinical symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD) included both motor and nonmotor symptoms. Previous studies indicated inconsistent results for the therapeutic effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on motor and depression in PD. The study aimed to assess the therapeutic effect of rTMS with different mode on motor and depression in PD using a meta-analysis.
methodsArticles published before July 2019 were searched based on the following databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, Embase, and Google Scholar). The therapeutic effects were assessed by computing the standard mean difference (SMD) and a 95% confidence interval (CI).
resultsThe present study indicated that rTMS showed significant therapeutic effects on motor in PD (SMD 2.05, 95% CI 1.57-2.53, I = 93.0%, P < .001). Both high-frequency (HF)-rTMS and low-frequency rTMS showed therapeutic effects on motor; stimulation over primary motor cortex (M1), supplementary motor area, dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) or M1+DLPFC showed therapeutic effects; stimulation during "on" and "off" states showed therapeutic effects; the study showed long-term effect of rTMS on motor in PD. In addition, the study indicated that rTMS showed significant therapeutic effects on depression in PD (SMD 0.80, 95% CI 0.31-1.29, I = 89.1%, P < .001). Stimulation over left DLPFC showed significant therapeutic effects on depression in PD; only HF-rTMS showed therapeutic effects; ages, disease durations, numbers of pulses, and session durations displayed influence on the therapeutic effects of rTMS on depression in PD; the therapeutic effects on depression was long term. However, no significant difference in therapeutic effects on depression were showed between rTMS and oral Fluoxetine (SMD 0.74, 95% CI -0.83 to 2.31, I = 92.5%, P < .001).
conclusionThe rTMS showed significant therapeutic effects on motor in PD. HF-rTMS showed a significant positive antidepressive effect in PD only over DLPFC.
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