A case report of daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as an adjunctive treatment for Alzheimer disease

Emmanuel Haffen; Gilles Chopard; Jean-Baptiste Pretalli; Eloi Magnin; Magali Nicolier; Julie Monnin; Jean Galmiche; Lucien Rumbach; Lionel Pazart; Daniel Sechter; Pierre Vandel

doi:10.1016/j.brs.2011.03.003

A case report of daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as an adjunctive treatment for Alzheimer disease

Brain Stimul. 2012 Jul;5(3):264-266. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.03.003. Epub 2011 Mar 30.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University Hospital of Besançon, France; EA 481 Neuroscience, IFR 133, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France; Clinical Investigation Center CIC-IT 808 INSERM, University Hospital of Besançon, France. Electronic address: emmanuel.haffen@univ-fcomte.fr.
² Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University Hospital of Besançon, France; EA 481 Neuroscience, IFR 133, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Besançon, France; Memory Center of Research and Resources (MCRR), University Hospital of Besançon, France; Rapid-Fr Network (Regional Network for Diagnostic Aid and Management of patients with Cognitive Impairment in the Franche-Comté geographical area), Besançon, France.
³ Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University Hospital of Besançon, France; EA 481 Neuroscience, IFR 133, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
⁴ EA 481 Neuroscience, IFR 133, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France; Memory Center of Research and Resources (MCRR), University Hospital of Besançon, France; Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Besançon, France.
⁵ Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University Hospital of Besançon, France.
⁶ Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University Hospital of Besançon, France; EA 481 Neuroscience, IFR 133, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France; Clinical Investigation Center CIC-IT 808 INSERM, University Hospital of Besançon, France.
⁷ Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Besançon, France; Memory Center of Research and Resources (MCRR), University Hospital of Besançon, France; Rapid-Fr Network (Regional Network for Diagnostic Aid and Management of patients with Cognitive Impairment in the Franche-Comté geographical area), Besançon, France.
⁸ Clinical Investigation Center CIC-IT 808 INSERM, University Hospital of Besançon, France.
⁹ Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University Hospital of Besançon, France; EA 481 Neuroscience, IFR 133, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France; Memory Center of Research and Resources (MCRR), University Hospital of Besançon, France; Rapid-Fr Network (Regional Network for Diagnostic Aid and Management of patients with Cognitive Impairment in the Franche-Comté geographical area), Besançon, France.

PMID: 22037125
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.03.003

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Alzheimer Disease / complications
Alzheimer Disease / physiopathology*
Alzheimer Disease / therapy*
Combined Modality Therapy
Humans
Male
Memory Disorders / etiology
Memory Disorders / physiopathology*
Memory Disorders / therapy*
Prefrontal Cortex / physiology*
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Treatment Outcome