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Current evidence, clinical applications, and future directions of transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for ischemic stroke

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FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1177283

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transcranial magnetic stimulation; ischemic stroke; underlying mechanisms; clinical applications; challenges; literature search and methods

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive brain neurostimulation technique that has shown neuroprotective effects in stroke patients, improving various neurological deficits. However, the exact mechanisms of TMS in stroke recovery are still unclear. This review discusses the potential mechanisms of TMS, including neurogenesis, angiogenesis, anti-inflammation, antioxidant, and anti-apoptosis, and provides insights into its clinical application and future research directions.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive brain neurostimulation technique that can be used as one of the adjunctive treatment techniques for neurological recovery after stroke. Animal studies have shown that TMS treatment of rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model reduced cerebral infarct volume and improved neurological dysfunction in model rats. In addition, clinical case reports have also shown that TMS treatment has positive neuroprotective effects in stroke patients, improving a variety of post-stroke neurological deficits such as motor function, swallowing, cognitive function, speech function, central post-stroke pain, spasticity, and other post-stroke sequelae. However, even though numerous studies have shown a neuroprotective effect of TMS in stroke patients, its possible neuroprotective mechanism is not clear. Therefore, in this review, we describe the potential mechanisms of TMS to improve neurological function in terms of neurogenesis, angiogenesis, anti-inflammation, antioxidant, and anti-apoptosis, and provide insight into the current clinical application of TMS in multiple neurological dysfunctions in stroke. Finally, some of the current challenges faced by TMS are summarized and some suggestions for its future research directions are made.

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