Transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Abstract

Analysis 3.2. Comparison 3 Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex vs le dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, Outcome 2 Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (1month follow-up

Effects of Low Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on Gamma Frequency Oscillations and Event-Related Potentials During Processing of Illusory Figures in Autism

“…Some other earlier studies have evaluated the therapeutic effects of prefrontal rTMS in controlled studies on patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder observing some changes in their behavior in terms of compulsive urges or improvements in affective measures (Alonso et al 2001;Sachdev et al 2001). The Cochrane systematic review (Martin et al 2003) has found only three published rTMS studies in OCD and has evaluated the evidence for rTMS as a therapeutic treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder. The review concluded that the data were insufficient to judge the clinical utility of rTMS in the treatment of OCD.…”

Current trends in drug treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder

“…Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive technique that delivers magnetic pulses to the cortex by means of a hand-held stimulating coil applied directly to the head 73. There is currently no reliable evidence to support the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat OCD 74…”

Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder: current perspectives

“…This is in line with a recent meta-analysis 30 reporting on the effectiveness of HF stimulation over the bilateral dlPFC – right dlPFC and left dlPFC – in improving OCD symptoms; however, previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses concluded that rTMS over the dlPFC was not more effective than sham stimulation. 27 , 28 , 75 – 78 …”