The impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on diagnostic confidence in patients with Alzheimer disease

The impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on diagnostic confidence in patients with Alzheimer disease

Abstract Background Cholinergic dysfunction is a key abnormality in Alzheimer disease (AD) that can be detected in vivo with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocols. Although TMS has clearly demonstrated analytical validity, its clinical utility is still debated. In the present study, we e...

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Main Authors: Alberto Benussi, Antonella Alberici, Clarissa Ferrari, Valentina Cantoni, Valentina Dell’Era, Rosanna Turrone, Maria Sofia Cotelli, Giuliano Binetti, Barbara Paghera, Giacomo Koch, Alessandro Padovani, Barbara Borroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Alzheimer disease
Frontotemporal dementia
Transcranial magnetic stimulation
PET amyloid
Diagnosis
Confidence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13195-018-0423-6

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