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Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Noninvasive brain stimulation, using electromagnetic waves (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)) and direct electrical current (transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)), is a new frontier in treating psychiatric maladies. While still being developed as viable treatment options...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29682434 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2204 |
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author | Gupta, Abhishek Adnan, Mahwish |
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description | Noninvasive brain stimulation, using electromagnetic waves (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)) and direct electrical current (transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)), is a new frontier in treating psychiatric maladies. While still being developed as viable treatment options, both options have had numerously reported side-effects, with hypomania being a significant concern during investigations. While there has been a relatively rare incidence of hypomania among rTMS/tDCS trials, it still posits an important issue regarding the safety of both treatment modalities. This review studies the reported episodes of hypomania in rTMS and tDCS trials in order to identify any patterns that may cause the same. Such patterns included higher stimulation strengths with long stimulation periods. These factors, if modified, along with an established regimen of screening and prophylaxis against hypomanic risks, may be effective protection against hypomania, as well as to prevent manic episodes. |
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spelling | pubmed-59087142018-04-20 Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Gupta, Abhishek Adnan, Mahwish Cureus Neurology Noninvasive brain stimulation, using electromagnetic waves (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)) and direct electrical current (transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)), is a new frontier in treating psychiatric maladies. While still being developed as viable treatment options, both options have had numerously reported side-effects, with hypomania being a significant concern during investigations. While there has been a relatively rare incidence of hypomania among rTMS/tDCS trials, it still posits an important issue regarding the safety of both treatment modalities. This review studies the reported episodes of hypomania in rTMS and tDCS trials in order to identify any patterns that may cause the same. Such patterns included higher stimulation strengths with long stimulation periods. These factors, if modified, along with an established regimen of screening and prophylaxis against hypomanic risks, may be effective protection against hypomania, as well as to prevent manic episodes. Cureus 2018-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5908714/ /pubmed/29682434 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2204 Text en Copyright © 2018, Gupta et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Gupta, Abhishek Adnan, Mahwish Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation |
title | Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation |
title_full | Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation |
title_fullStr | Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation |
title_full_unstemmed | Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation |
title_short | Hypomania Risk in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation |
title_sort | hypomania risk in noninvasive brain stimulation |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29682434 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2204 |
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