Landgrebe, Michael and Hauser, Simone and Langguth, Berthold and Frick, Ulrich and Hajak, Goran and Eichhammer, Peter (2007) Altered cortical excitability in subjectively electro sensitive patients: Results of a pilot study. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH, 62 (3). pp. 283-288. ISSN 0022-3999, 1879-1360
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Objective: Hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields is frequently claimed to be linked to a variety of unspecific somatic and/or neuropsychological complaints. Whereas provocation studies often failed to demonstrate a causal relationship between electromagnetic field exposure and symptom formation, neurophysiological examinations highlight baseline deviations in people claiming to be electrosensitive. Methods: To elucidate a potential role of dysfunctional cortical regulations in mediating hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields, cortical excitability parameters were measured by transcranial magnetic stimulation in subjectively electro-sensitive patients (n=23) and two control groups (n=49) differing in their level of unspecific health complaints. Results: Electro-sensitive patients showed reduced intracortical facilitation as compared to both control groups, while motor thresholds and intracortical inhibition were unaffected. Conclusions: This pilot study gives additional evidence that altered central nervous system function may account for symptom manifestation in subjectively electrosensitive patients as has been postulated for several chronic multisymptom illnesses sharing a similar clustering of symptoms. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HUMAN MOTOR CORTEX; SELF-REPORTED HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC-FIELD EXPOSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; FACILITATION; PROVOCATION; PERCEPTION; MECHANISMS; PLASTICITY; DISORDERS; chronic multisymptom illnesses; electromagnetic hypersensitivity; intracortical facilitation; transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Dec 2020 07:15 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2020 07:15 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/33130 |
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