Transcranial magnetic stimulation in epileptic patients: usefulness and safety.
We studied 58 patients with partial or generalized epilepsy who had transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the brain motor regions. Short-term monitoring disclosed that the stimulation did not provoke seizures or EEG changes in any patient. Long-term follow-up disclosed that the epileptic condition was not made worse by TMS. TMS, as currently used for monitoring conduction in central motor pathways, does not induce seizures in drug-treated epileptic patients.
Tassinari
C A
CA
Neurological Clinic, University of Bologna School of Medicine, Italy.
Michelucci
R
R
Forti
A
A
Plasmati
R
R
Troni
W
W
Salvi
F
F
Blanco
M
M
Rubboli
G
G
D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*