title: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy: a pilot study.
abstract: Progressive supranuclear palsy is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder for which no specific treatment is known at present. In this report we treated a small group of clinically diagnosed patients with rapid-rate repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex for five days. This resulted in modest and transient improvements, especially of the axial symptomatology. Side-effects were not reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. patrick.santens@ugent.be
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santens
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sieben
authors.forename: Miet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Letter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013494:Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; D016896:Treatment Outcome