title: Theta burst stimulation improves visuo-spatial attention in a patient with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: Recent studies showed that non-invasive brain stimulation methods, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can improve the symptoms of neglect in stroke patients. Here, we adopted this approach to improve visuo-spatial deficit in a patient with traumatic brain injury (TBI) that showed important symptoms of visuo-spatial neglect. We found that continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) applied over the left posterior parietal cortex (PPC) induced a clinical improvement of cognitive disorder associated to a functional changes of fronto-parietal network as assessed by means of TMS and resting state fMRI.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Neurologia Clinica e Comportamentale, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Via Ardeatina, 306, 00179, Rome, Italy, s.bonni@hsantalucia.it.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonnì
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mastropasqua
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bozzali
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caltagirone
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult