ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023
Magnetic Stimulation as a Therapeutic Approach for Brain Modulation and Repair: Underlying Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms.
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- Efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation for mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Multi-Target Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Trial
- Immediate Effects of Magnetic Stimulation on Dentate Gyrus Glutamatergic and GABAergic Neuron Excitability.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- The Heart's Electromagnetic Field in Emotions, Empathy and Human Connection: Biosensor-Derived Insights into Heart-Brain Axis Mechanisms and a Basis for Novel BioMagnetoTherapies.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Measuring transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced electric fields in anatomically and conductively accurate rat head phantoms.Journal of neural engineering · 2026Article
- Magnetic Field-Guided Magnetic Nanoparticles as Neurotherapeutics for Neurological Disorders and Glioblastoma.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Plasticity-Induced Motor Recovery of Bilateral Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled, Crossover Trial.Neurology and therapy · 2026Article
- Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Theranostic Platform in Brain Tumor Treatment: Surmounting the Bench-to-Bedside Barriers.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Retrospective evaluation of transcranial magnetic stimulation for enhancing arousal in patients with minimally conscious state: a single-centre study in Inner Mongolia, China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Measuring Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation-Induced Electric Fields in Anatomically and Conductively Accurate Rat Head Phantoms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Unravelling the genetic and molecular basis of low-frequency rTMS induced changes in functional connectivity density in schizophrenia patients with auditory verbal hallucinations.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- The neurobiological foundation of effective repetitive transcranial magnetic brain stimulation in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Review
- Advances in magnetic field approaches for non-invasive targeting neuromodulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Rapid Recovery From Bell's Palsy Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Facial Nerve: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- The Use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Attention Optimization Research: A Review from Basic Theory to Findings in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Depression.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Hypersensitivity to man-made electromagnetic fields (EHS) correlates with immune responsivity to oxidative stress: a case report.Communicative & integrative biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Neurological and psychiatric diseases generally have no cure, so innovative non-pharmacological treatments, including non-invasive brain stimulation, are interesting therapeutic tools as they aim to trigger intrinsic neural repair mechanisms. A common brain stimulation technique involves the application of pulsed magnetic fields to affected brain regions. However, investigations of magnetic brain stimulation are complicated by the use of many different stimulation parameters. Magnetic brain stimulation is usually divided into two poorly connected approaches: (1) clinically used high-intensity stimulation (0.5-2 Tesla, T) and (2) experimental or epidemiologically studied low-intensity stimulation (μT-mT). Human tests of both approaches are reported to have beneficial outcomes, but the underlying biology is unclear, and thus optimal stimulation parameters remain ill defined. Here, we aim to bring together what is known about the biology of magnetic brain stimulation from human, animal, and in vitro studies. We identify the common effects of different stimulation protocols; show how different types of pulsed magnetic fields interact with nervous tissue; and describe cellular mechanisms underlying their effects-from intracellular signalling cascades, through synaptic plasticity and the modulation of network activity, to long-term structural changes in neural circuits. Recent advances in magneto-biology show clear mechanisms that may explain low-intensity stimulation effects in the brain. With its large breadth of stimulation parameters, not available to high-intensity stimulation, low-intensity focal magnetic stimulation becomes a potentially powerful treatment tool for human application.
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