Handedness, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and bulimic disorders.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) research in psychiatry mostly excludes left-handed participants. We recruited left-handed people with a bulimic disorder and found that stimulation of the left prefrontal cortex may result in different effects in left- and right-handed people. This highlights the importance of handedness and cortex lateralisation for rTMS.
King's College London, Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO Box 59, SE5 8AF, London, UK. Frederique.vandeneynde@iop.kcl.ac.uk
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*