TMS
Technique
Maintaining neuronal connectivity and circuit function in dementia patients across multiple etiologies; particularly helpful for language impairment
"In 2008 I started using transcranial magnetic stimulation — targeted TMS — to help maintain function. TMS works by stimulating the brain using magnetic stimulation that creates a small area of current just under the area of the coil, about 1 cm squared of t..."
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Treating severe depression in high acuity psychiatric emergency settings
"TMS is almost like exercise for the brain, right? You're kind of exercising this region over and over again with a physiologically relevant signal and kind of turning that system on."
"I did transcranial magnetic stimulation. I started that and it was kind of I was in the middle of my episode and I started that. You do it over like six to eight weeks."