283
Views
19
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Special Report

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as treatment for anxiety disorders

, &
Pages 1449-1455 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

References

  • Greenberg PE, Sisitsky T, Kessler RC et al. The economic burden of anxiety disorders in the 1990s. J. Clin. Psychiatry60(7), 427–435 (1999).
  • Ressler KJ, Mayberg HS. Targeting abnormal neural circuits in mood and anxiety disorders: from the laboratory to the clinic. Nat. Neurosci.10(9), 1116–1124 (2007).
  • George MS, Wassermann EM, Post RM. Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a neuropsychiatric tool for the 21st Century. J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosci.8(4), 373–382 (1996).
  • Gorman JM. Comorbid depression and anxiety spectrum disorders. Depress. Anxiety4(4), 160–168 (1996).
  • Loo CK, Mitchell PB. A review of the efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment for depression, and current and future strategies to optimize efficacy. J. Affect. Disord.88(3), 255–267 (2005).
  • Saxena S, Brody AL, Ho ML et al. Differential cerebral metabolic changes with paroxetine treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder vs major depression. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry59(3), 250–261 (2002).
  • Sheppard DM, Bradshaw JL, Purcell R et al. Tourette’s and comorbid syndromes: obsessive compulsive and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A common etiology? Clin. Psychol. Rev.19(5), 531–552 (1999).
  • Mantovani A, Lisanby SH, Pieraccini F et al. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette’s syndrome (TS). Int. J. Neuropsychopharmcol.9(1), 95–100 (2006).
  • Shin LM, Rauch SL, Pitman RK. Amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex, and hippocampal function in PTSD. Ann. NY Acad. Sci.1071, 67–79 (2006).
  • Cohen H, Kaplan Z, Kotler M et al. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in posttraumatic stress disorder: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Am. J. Psychiatry161(3), 515–524 (2004).
  • Pascual-Leone A, Catala MD, Pascual-Leone Pascual A. Lateralized effect of rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation of the prefrontal cortex on mood. Neurology46(2), 499–502 (1996).
  • Maeda F, Keenan JP, Tormos JM, Topka H, Pascual-Leone A. Interindividual variability of the modulatory effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on cortical excitability. Exp. Brain Res.133(4), 425–430 (2000).
  • Greenberg BD, George MS, Martin JD et al. Effect of prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary study. Am. J. Psychiatry154(6), 867–869 (1997).
  • Sachdev PS, McBride R, Loo CK et al. Right versus left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation for obsessive–compulsive disorder: a preliminary investigation. J. Clin. Psychiatry62(12), 981–984 (2001).
  • O’Reardon JP, Solvason HB, Janicak PG et al. Efficacy and safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the acute treatment of major depression: a multisite randomized controlled trial. Biol. Psychiatry62(11), 1208–1216 (2007).
  • Rossi S, Bartalini S, Ulivelli M et al. Hypofunctioning of sensory gating mechanisms in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Biol. Psychiatry57(1), 16–20 (2005).
  • Alonso P, Pujol J, Cardoner N et al. Right prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive–compulsive disorder: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Am. J. Psychiatry158(7), 1143–1145 (2001).
  • Prasko J, Paskova B, Zalesky R et al. The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on symptoms in obsessive compulsive disorder. A randomized, double blind, sham controlled study. Neuro. Endocrinol. Lett.27(3), 327–332 (2006).
  • Sachdev PS, Loo CK, Mitchell PB, McFarquhar TF, Malhi GS. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder: a double-blind controlled investigation. Psychol. Med.37(11), 1645–1649 (2007).
  • Huppert JD, Schultz LT, Foa EB et al. Differential response to placebo among patients with social phobia, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Am. J. Psychiatry161(8), 1485–1487 (2004).
  • Herrmann LL, Ebmeier KP, Herrmann LL, Ebmeier KP. Factors modifying the efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression: a review. J. Clin. Psychiatry67(12), 1870–1876 (2006).
  • Abramowitz JS, Storch EA, Keeley M, Cordell E. Obsessive–compulsive disorder with comorbid major depression: what is the role of cognitive factors? Behav. Res. Ther.45(10), 2257–2267 (2007).
  • Bremner JD, Staib LH, Kaloupek D et al. Neural correlates of exposure to traumatic pictures and sound in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder: a positron emission tomography study. Biol. Psychiatry45(7), 806–816 (1999).
  • Grisaru N, Amir M, Cohen H, Kaplan Z. Effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation in posttraumatic stress disorder: a preliminary study. Biol. Psychiatry44(1), 52–55 (1998).
  • McCann UD, Kimbrell TA, Morgan CM et al. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for posttraumatic stress disorder. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry55(3), 276–279 (1998).
  • Rosenberg PB, Mehndiratta RB, Mehndiratta YP et al. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression.[see comment]. J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosci.14(3), 270–276 (2002).
  • Speer AM, Kimbrell TA, Wassermann EM et al. Opposite effects of high and low frequency rTMS on regional brain activity in depressed patients. Biol. Psychiatry48(12), 1133–1141 (2000).
  • Loo CK, Mitchell PB, Croker VM et al. Double-blind controlled investigation of bilateral prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of resistant major depression. Psychol. Med.33(1), 33–40 (2003).
  • Thomson F, Craighead M. Innovative approaches for the treatment of depression: targeting the HPA axis. Neurochem. Res.33(4), 691–707 (2008).
  • Prasko J, Zalesky R, Bares M et al. The effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) add on serotonin reuptake inhibitors in patients with panic disorder: a randomized, double blind sham controlled study. Neuro. Endocrinol. Lett.28(1), 33–38 (2007).
  • Guaiana G, Mortimer AM, Robertson C. Efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation in panic disorder: a case report. Aust. NZ J. Psychiatry391(11–12), 1047 (2005).
  • Sakkas P, Psarros C, Papadimitriou GN, Theleritis CG, Soldatos CR. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in a patient suffering from comorbid depression and panic disorder following a myocardial infarction. Prog. Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry30(5), 960–962 (2006).
  • Garcia-Toro M, Salva Coll J, Crespi Font M et al. Panic disorder and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Actas Esp. Psiquiatr.30(4), 221–224 (2002).
  • Zwanzger P, Minov C, Ella R et al. Transcranial magnetic stimulation for panic. Am. J. Psychiatry159(2), 315–316 (2002).
  • Mantovani A, Leckman JF, Grantz H et al. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the supplementary motor area in the treatment of Tourette syndrome: report of two cases. Clin. Neurophysiol.118(10), 2314–2315 (2007).
  • Hargreaves GA, McGregor IS, Sachdev PS. Chronic repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is antidepressant but not anxiolytic in rat models of anxiety and depression. Psychiatry Res.137(1–2), 113–121 (2005).
  • Hedges DW, Higginbotham BJ, Salyer DL, Lund TD. Transcranial magnetic stimulation effects on one-trial learning and response to anxiogenic stimuli in adult male rats. J. ECT21(1), 25–30 (2005).
  • Keck ME, Welt T, Post A et al. Neuroendocrine and behavioral effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in a psychopathological animal model are suggestive of antidepressant-like effects. Neuropsychopharmacology24(4), 337–349 (2001).
  • Keck ME, Engelmann M, Muller MB et al. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induces active coping strategies and attenuates the neuroendocrine stress response in rats. J. Psychiatr. Res.34(4–5), 265–276 (2000).
  • Kanno M, Matsumoto M, Togashi H et al. Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on behavioral and neurochemical changes in rats during an elevated plus-maze test. J. Neurol. Sci.211(1–2), 5–14 (2003).
  • Isogawa K, Fujiki M, Akiyoshi J et al. Anxiolytic suppression of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced anxiety in the rats. Prog. Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry29(5), 664–668 (2005).
  • Joel D. Current animal models of obsessive compulsive disorder: a critical review. Prog. Neuropsychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry30(3), 374–388 (2006).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.