1. Effects of motor cortex rTMS on lower urinary tract dysfunction in multiple sclerosis
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Laura Boffa, Chiara Prosperetti, Girolama Alessandra Marfia, Giorgio Bernardi, Giacomo Koch, Viviana Versace, Stefano Rossi, Enrico Finazzi-Agrò, Roberto Miano, F Torelli, Diego Centonze, Filomena Petta, and St Rossi
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multiple Sclerosis ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Urinary Bladder ,Pyramidal Tracts ,Urology ,Urination ,Settore MED/24 - Urologia ,NO ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lower urinary tract symptoms ,Internal medicine ,Detrusor overactivity ,rTMS ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cortex ,Motor cortex ,Voiding dysfunction ,media_common ,Urinary bladder ,Urinary Bladder, Overactive ,business.industry ,Multiple sclerosis ,Urethral sphincter ,Middle Aged ,Urination Disorders ,medicine.disease ,Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ,Treatment Outcome ,Motor Cortex ,Female ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,Neurology ,Overactive bladder ,Corticospinal tract ,Settore MED/26 - Neurologia ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Overactive ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
We tested the effects of 5-Hz rTMS over the motor cortex in multiple sclerosis (MS) subjects complaining of lower urinary tract symptoms either in the filling or voiding phase. Our data show that motor cortex stimulation for five consecutive days over two weeks ameliorates the voiding phase of the micturition cycle, suggesting that enhancing corticospinal tract excitability might be useful to ameliorate detrusor contraction and/or urethral sphincter relaxation in MS patients with bladder dysfunction. Multiple Sclerosis 2007; 13: 269–271. http://msj.sagepub.com
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- 2007
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