Transcranial magnetic stimulation predicts cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Fecha de publicación: 21 july 2018

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2017-317879

Autores: Caterina Motta, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Viviana Ponzo, Maria Concetta Pellicciari, Sonia Bonnì, Silvia Picazio, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Carlo Caltagirone, Alessandro Martorana, Giacomo Koch

Background: To determine the ability of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in detecting synaptic impairment in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and predicting cognitive decline since the early phases of the disease.