Application of a novel three-day repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in dogs: single-blinded randomised sham-controlled clinical trial.

Marios Charalambous, Delia Hünting, Nina Meyerhoff, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Holger A Volk

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

A comparative analysis and critical review of two rTMS treatment durations in dogs with drug-resistant idiopathic epilepsy.BMC veterinary research · 2026
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6 authors.

Marios Charalambous *Small Animal Department, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Delia Hünting *Small Animal Department, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Nina MeyerhoffSmall Animal Department, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Friederike TweleSmall Animal Department, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Sebastian MellerSmall Animal Department, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Holger A VolkSmall Animal Department, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been explored in humans and, to a lesser extent, in dogs with epilepsy, further clinical studies are required to assess the potential antiseizure effect of this non-invasive neurostimulation technique. The objective was to assess the antiseizure effect and safety of a novel three-day rTMS protocol in dogs with drug-resistant idiopathic epilepsy. A single-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial was conducted by randomly allocating 20 dogs with drug-resistant idiopathic epilepsy or epilepsy of unknown origin into active (

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PMID40843249

DOI10.3389/fvets.2025.1598311

PMCPMC12366470

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