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rTMS as a Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease with and without Comorbidity of Depression: A Review

Published:2013-02-07 Issue: Volume:2013 Page:1-5
ISSN:2314-4262
Container-title:Neuroscience Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Neuroscience Journal

Author:

Rutherford Grant¹²,Gole Rebecca¹,Moussavi Zahra¹²³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 5V6

2. Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 5V6

3. Riverview Health Center, 1 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3L 2P4

Abstract

With an ever-increasing population of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients worldwide, a noninvasive treatment for AD is needed. In this paper, the application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulus (rTMS) as a treatment for patients with probable AD is compared to the application of rTMS as a treatment for depression. Comorbidity of depression and dementia is discussed, as well as possible links between the two diseases. The possible confounding antidepressant effects of rTMS on cognitive improvements in AD patients are discussed.

Funder

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Fuel Technology

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/archive/2013/679389.pdf

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