Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): a possible novel therapeutic approach to dementia with Lewy bodies.
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is characterized clinically by widespread cognitive loss, visual hallucinations, depression, anxiety and extrapyramidal signs (EPS). DLB is sensitive to typical neuroleptics. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been studied as a potential treatment in many neurological disorders, which has been proved to have positive effect on a variety of cognitive functions, hallucinations of schizophrenia, major depression, anxiety, the Parkinson's disease. This report proposes that rTMS may represent an alternative strategy for the treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies.
Liang
Xuemei
X
Mental Health Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China.
Liu
Kezhi
K
Guo
Lanting
L
D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D020961:Lewy Body Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*
D004298:Dopamine