2020
Can repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex ameliorate the state of patients with visual snow?
GREY, Viktória, Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ a Eduard MINKSZákladní údaje
Originální název
Can repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex ameliorate the state of patients with visual snow?
Autoři
GREY, Viktória (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí), Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ (703 Slovensko, domácí) a Eduard MINKS (203 Česká republika, domácí)
Vydání
Bratislava Medical Journal - Bratislavské lekárske listy, BRATISLAVA, Univerzita Komenského, 2020, 0006-9248
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
30218 General and internal medicine
Stát vydavatele
Slovensko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 1.278
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14110/20:00115992
Organizační jednotka
Lékařská fakulta
UT WoS
000537942200003
Klíčová slova anglicky
visual snow; persistent aura without infarction; rTMS; occipital cortex
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 15. 7. 2020 12:12, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová
Anotace
V originále
AIMS: Visual snow is a neurological condition, for which an effective treatment has not been established. The aim of this study was to find whether Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) can improve the state of patients suffering from visual snow. To our knowledge, no other group has tested this method in the treatment of visual snow. METHODS: We applied rTMS of 10 and 10+1 Hz on the visual cortices of 9 patients with visual snow. Sham stimulation with the vertex as the target site was also tested. As a method of assessment, we used visual evoked potentials, questionnaires and visual snow diaries. For data evaluation, we used the Paired Sample T-test separately for each stimulation type. RESULTS: The Paired Sample T-test revealed a decreased sum of visual snow intensities extracted from visual snow diaries in the week after 10+1 Hz stimulation as compared to the figure in the week before (p= 0.02). CONCLUSION: We detected a trend indicating an improvement of patients' condition based on the data from visual snow diaries. Research on a larger group of patients is required to confirm these findings; however, our study provides a framework to build upon (Tab. 4, Fig. 1, Ref. 22). Text in PDF www.elis.sk.