Vadalà, M., Vallelunga, A., Palmieri, L. et al. (3 more authors) (2015) Mechanisms and therapeutic applications of electromagnetic therapy in Parkinson's disease. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 11. 26. ISSN 1744-9081
Abstract
© 2015 Vadalà et al. Electromagnetic therapy is a non-invasive and safe approach for the management of several pathological conditions including neurodegenerative diseases. Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative pathology caused by abnormal degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra pars compacta in the midbrain resulting in damage to the basal ganglia. Electromagnetic therapy has been extensively used in the clinical setting in the form of transcranial magnetic stimulation, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy which can also be used in the domestic setting. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms and therapeutic applications of electromagnetic therapy to alleviate motor and non-motor deficits that characterize Parkinson's disease.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Keywords: | Parkinson’s disease; Electromagnetic therapy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation High-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation; Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > The Medical School (Sheffield) > Department of Neuroscience (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2015 14:13 |
Last Modified: | 08 Oct 2015 14:13 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12993-015-0070-z |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s12993-015-0070-z |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90269 |