New step to a personalized medicine. Navigation transcranial magnetic stimulation (NBS eXimia Nexstim)

Abstract

Navigation transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain(nTMS) NBS eXimia Nexstim new method based on thestimulation of neurons by an alternating magnetic field andrecording responses to stimulation with electromyography.Precise guidance of the stimulus to a particular area of the cerebralcortex the patient, repeat the stimulus, somatotopical mappingof motor areas are features of this method. These characteristicsare achieved by a special navigation system that comparespatients head with the anatomical MRI image and thelocation of stimulating magnetic coil. This review presents thecurrent possibilities of the navigation TMS method in the diagnosisand treatment of neurological diseases; our own localexperience with the system.

Keywords

• transcranial magnetic stimulation
• personalized medicine
• motor response
• tms-eeg