Potential therapeutic effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for tremor in Minamata disease: A case report

Masaaki Nakamura; Seiji Etoh; Takashi Sakamoto; Tatsuhiro Nakamura; Liu Xiao Jie; Youko Miura; Mina Itatani; Takashi Hanakawa

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.047

Potential therapeutic effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for tremor in Minamata disease: A case report

J Neurol Sci. 2018 May 15:388:47-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.047. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Authors

Masaaki Nakamura¹, Seiji Etoh², Takashi Sakamoto³, Tatsuhiro Nakamura⁴, Liu Xiao Jie⁵, Youko Miura⁶, Mina Itatani⁷, Takashi Hanakawa⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Kumamoto, Japan. Electronic address: nakamura@nimd.go.jp.
² Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan. Electronic address: etohs@m2.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp.
³ Department of Neurology National Center Hospital, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: tskmt@ncnp.go.jp.
⁴ Department of Advanced Neuroimaging, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: tnakamura@ncnp.go.jp.
⁵ Department of Environmental Science and Epidemiology, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Kumamoto, Japan. Electronic address: xiaojie@nimd.go.jp.
⁶ Department of Clinical Medicine, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Kumamoto, Japan. Electronic address: miura@nimd.go.jp.
⁷ Department of Clinical Medicine, National Institute for Minamata Disease, Kumamoto, Japan. Electronic address: itatani@nimd.go.jp.
⁸ Department of Advanced Neuroimaging, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: hanakawa@ncnp.go.jp.

PMID: 29627030
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.02.047

No abstract available

Keywords: Brain network; Methylmercury; Minamata disease; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging; Tremor.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Chronic Disease
Humans
Male
Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System / diagnostic imaging
Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System / therapy*
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation* / methods
Tremor / diagnostic imaging
Tremor / therapy*