title: Transcranial magnetic stimulation in epileptic patients: usefulness and safety.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Clinic, University of Bologna School of Medicine, Italy.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tassinari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Michelucci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plasmati
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Troni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rubboli
mesh_terms: 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*