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ArticleBiomedicines2024

Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Quadripulse rTMS over the Visual Cortex: A Proof-of-Concept Study in Healthy Volunteers and Chronic Migraine Patients with Medication Overuse Headache.

Alessandro Viganò, Tullia Sasso D'Elia, Simona Liliana Sava, Alfredo Colosimo, Vittorio Di Piero, Delphine Magis, Jean Schoenen

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Article in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessandro ViganòHeadache Research Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Citadelle Hospital, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Tullia Sasso D'EliaHeadache Research Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Citadelle Hospital, 4000 Liège, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0005-3331-4107
Simona Liliana SavaHeadache Research Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Citadelle Hospital, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Alfredo ColosimoDepartment of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedics Sapienza, Sapienza-University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Vittorio Di PieroSubintensive Neurology & Headache Centre, Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza-University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Delphine MagisHeadache Research Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Citadelle Hospital, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Jean SchoenenHeadache Research Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Liège, Citadelle Hospital, 4000 Liège, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6506-6460
University of Liège · BESapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In chronic migraine with medication overuse (CM-MOH), sensitization of visual cortices is reflected by (i) increased amplitude of stimulus-evoked responses and (ii) habituation deficit during repetitive stimulation. Both abnormalities might be mitigated by inhibitory transcranial neurostimulation. Here, we tested an inhibitory quadripulse repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS-QPI) protocol to decrease durably visual cortex excitability in healthy subjects (HS) and explored its therapeutic potential in CM-MOH patients. Pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (VEP) were used as biomarkers of effect and recorded before (T1), immediately after (T2), and 3 h after stimulation (T3). In HS, rTMS-QPI durably decreased the VEP 1st block amplitude (

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central sensitizationchronic migrainemedication overuse headacheneuromodulationquadripulse rTMSvisual evoked potentials

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PMID38397890
PMCPMC10886990
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