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Descriptor English: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Descriptor Spanish: Estimulación Magnética Transcraneal
Descriptor estimulación magnética transcraneal
Scope note: Técnica basada en el uso de bobinas eléctricas colocadas en la cabeza para generar un campo magnético breve que alcanza la CORTEZA CEREBRAL. Esta técnica se acopla a la detección de la respuesta de la ELECTROMIOGRAFÍA para valorar la excitabilidad cortical mediante la determinación del umbral requerido para la inducción de POTENCIALES PROVOCADOS MOTORES. También se utiliza este método para realizar la CARTOGRAFÍA CEREBRAL, en estudios de NEUROFISIOLOGÍA, y como sustituto de la TERAPIA ELECTROCONVULSIVA en el tratamiento de la DEPRESIÓN. La inducción de CONVULSIONES limita su uso clínico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana
Descriptor French: Stimulation magnétique transcrânienne
Entry term(s): Magnetic Stimulation, Transcranial
Magnetic Stimulations, Transcranial
Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulations, Transcranial Magnetic
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Paired Pulse
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Single Pulse
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulations
Tree number(s): E02.621.820
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050781
Scope note: A technique that involves the use of electrical coils on the head to generate a brief magnetic field which reaches the CEREBRAL CORTEX. It is coupled with ELECTROMYOGRAPHY response detection to assess cortical excitability by the threshold required to induce MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS. This method is also used for BRAIN MAPPING, to study NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, and as a substitute for ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY for treating DEPRESSION. Induction of SEIZURES limits its clinical usage.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
DE drug effects
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RE radiation effects
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Magnetics (1988-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Related: Magnetoencephalography MeSH
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation MeSH
DeCS ID: 51212
Unique ID: D050781
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2014/06/13
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - Preferred
Concept UI M0477813
Scope note A technique that involves the use of electrical coils on the head to generate a brief magnetic field which reaches the CEREBRAL CORTEX. It is coupled with ELECTROMYOGRAPHY response detection to assess cortical excitability by the threshold required to induce MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS. This method is also used for BRAIN MAPPING, to study NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, and as a substitute for ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY for treating DEPRESSION. Induction of SEIZURES limits its clinical usage.
Preferred term Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Entry term(s) Magnetic Stimulation, Transcranial
Magnetic Stimulations, Transcranial
Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulations, Transcranial Magnetic
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulations
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Single Pulse - Narrower
Concept UI M0477823
Preferred term Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Single Pulse
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Paired Pulse - Narrower
Concept UI M0477821
Preferred term Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Paired Pulse
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive - Narrower
Concept UI M0477822
Scope note Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with a set of pulses that is experimentally being used as a therapy for DEPRESSION. Abbreviated as rTMS.
Preferred term Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive



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