Can repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual
cortex ameliorate the state of patients with visual snow?

J 2020

Can repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex ameliorate the state of patients with visual snow?

GREY, Viktória, Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ and Eduard MINKS

Basic information

Original name

Can repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex ameliorate the state of patients with visual snow?

Authors

GREY, Viktória (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Eduard MINKS (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Bratislava Medical Journal - Bratislavské lekárske listy, BRATISLAVA, Univerzita Komenského, 2020, 0006-9248

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30218 General and internal medicine

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.278

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00115992

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.4149/BLL_2020_064

UT WoS

000537942200003

Keywords in English

visual snow; persistent aura without infarction; rTMS; occipital cortex

Abstract

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.

Citovat

GREY, Viktória, Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ and Eduard MINKS. Can repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex ameliorate the state of patients with visual snow? Bratislava Medical Journal - Bratislavské lekárske listy. BRATISLAVA: Univerzita Komenského, 2020, vol. 121, No 6, p. 395-399. ISSN 0006-9248. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4149/BLL_2020_064.

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GREY, Viktória, Patrícia KLOBUŠIAKOVÁ and Eduard MINKS. Can repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the visual cortex ameliorate the state of patients with visual snow? \textit{Bratislava Medical Journal - Bratislavské lekárske listy}. BRATISLAVA: Univerzita Komenského, 2020, vol.~121, No~6, p.~395-399. ISSN~0006-9248. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4149/BLL\_{}2020\_{}064.

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