rTMS of the unaffected hemisphere transiently reduces contralesional visuospatial hemineglect

Neurology. 2001 Oct 9;57(7):1338-40. doi: 10.1212/wnl.57.7.1338.

Abstract

To verify the role of interhemispheric influences on manifestations of neglect, the authors investigated the effects of a transient repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)-induced disruption of the unaffected hemisphere on contralesional visuospatial neglect in two left- and five right-brain-damaged patients. Parietal rTMS of the unaffected hemisphere during the execution of a computerized task of bisected line's length judgment transiently decreased the magnitude of neglect as expressed in the number of errors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Attention
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality*
  • Humans
  • Magnetics*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parietal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Perceptual Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Photic Stimulation