Magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive technique that allows you to directly stimulate the neurons of the cerebral cortex. Currently, transcranial magnetic stimulation is used as informative diagnostic and effective therapeutic techniques for the treatment of diseases and injuries of the nervous system. The article discusses the indications, contraindications and the recommended protocols for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in certain diseases and consequences of traumas of the nervous system (bibliography: 37 refs).

The main aspects of the biography and scientific and pedagogical activities of the outstanding Russian neurologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Miroslav Mikhailovich Odinak are presented. Key professional and organizational achievements are considered. Particular attention is paid to the implemented innovative methods of treatment, such as the first systemic thrombolysis operation in St. autologous stem cell transplant for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the worlds first autologous dendritic cell transplant for the treatment of multiple sclerosis was performed. In the same way, under the guidance of Professor M.M. Odinak, an increase in the bed capacity of the clinic of nervous diseases was carried out, a department of intensive care and intensive care and a day hospital was formed, a department of traditional medicine with rooms for psychotherapy, reflexology, manual therapy, thermal relaxation was opened; department of functional diagnostics of the clinic of nervous diseases with rooms for neurofunctional studies, ultrasound studies, dopplerography, studies of the function of the autonomic nervous system; a physiotherapy department with a hydropathic center, a video electroencephalographic monitoring department and a polysomnography department.