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Transcranial magnetic stimulation downregulates beta-adrenoreceptors in rat cortex
A Fleischmann1, A Sternheim, A M Etgen
1Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Journal of Neural Transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Recently, a method for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the brain has been developed. Thus, it is possible to explore neurochemical and behavioral effects of TMS in rats. Repeated TMS (9 days) reduced beta-adrenergic receptor binding in cortex, as does electroconvulsive shock (ECS) and other antidepressant treatments. Thus TMS appears to be a potential antidepressive treatment.