TY - JOUR
T1 - Theta burst stimulation improves visuo-spatial attention in a patient with traumatic brain injury
AU - Bonnì, Sonia
AU - Mastropasqua, Chiara
AU - Bozzali, Marco
AU - Caltagirone, Carlo
AU - Koch, Giacomo
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Neglect
KW - Theta burst stimulation
KW - Traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.1007/s10072-013-1412-y
DO - 10.1007/s10072-013-1412-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 23532550
AN - SCOPUS:84888305253
VL - 34
SP - 2053
EP - 2056
JO - Neurological Sciences
JF - Neurological Sciences
SN - 1590-1874
IS - 11
ER -