Landgrebe, Michael and Hauser, S. and Langguth, Berthold and Frick, U. and Hajak, Goeran and Eichhammer, P. (2006) Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a tool for characterizing somatoform disorders. NERVENHEILKUNDE, 25 (8). pp. 653-656. ISSN 0722-1541,
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Somatoform disorders are characterised by patients suffering from multiple somatic complaints without an underlying pathophysiological process sufficiently explaining these symptoms. The etiology of these disorders is largely unknown. Besides psychological factors neurobiological processes might be involved. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), neurobiological processes can be detected in vivo by measuring parameters of cortical excitability. Based on these technique, parameters of cortical exitability were measured in subjectively electrosensible patients. Compared to healthy age- and gender-matched controls, the "cortical silent period" (CSP) was prolonged in these patients indicating an enhanced inhibitory neurotransmission in cortical-subcortical loops. In line with neuropsychological data these results point to potential disturbances in the cortical processing of sensory information.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PERCEIVED ELECTRICAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYNDROMES; MOTOR CORTEX EXCITABILITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SILENT PERIOD; SOMATIZATION; CARE; PERCEPTION; COMPLAINTS; SYSTEM; subjective electrosensibility; cortical silent period; somatoform disorders; transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Mar 2021 08:00 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2021 08:00 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/35236 |
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