Computer modelling of electroconvulsive treatment and transcranial magnetic stimulation – an explanation of poor efficacy of the magnetic method
Journal Title: Psychiatria Polska - Year 2010, Vol 44, Issue 6
Abstract
Summary With help of informatics technology it is possible to simulate various physiological processes in virtual models of biological structures. In a created realistic model of the human head we made some comparative investigations over physical phenomena accompanying the electroconvulsive treatment ECT and transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS - two methods with confirmed (ECT) or presumable (TMS) antidepressant efficacy. The present investigations are a continuation of the earlier conducted study in the simple spherical model of the head. Investigations confirmed, that magnetic stimulation TMS generates a considerably weaker current flow in the brain than it is present in electroconvulsive technique. Applying of such weak stimulation in modus „at haphazard”, i.e. on the brain area which does not need to be metabolically disturbed in this patient - cannot cause an antidepressant effect at all. The results of the investigations explain not only the safety of the magnetic method, but the weak effectiveness of this method. The authors propose some methods for improvement of TMS efficacy.
Authors and Affiliations
Tomasz Zyss, Andrzej Krawczyk, Dominika Dudek, Robert Hese, Paweł Drzymała, Sławomir Wiak, Bartosz Sawicki, Jacek Starzyński, Stanisław Wincenciak
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