1. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Ameliorates Anxiety-Like Behavior and Impaired Sensorimotor Gating in a Rat Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Wang, Hua-ning, Bai, Yuan-han, Chen, Yun-chun, Zhang, Rui-guo, Wang, Huai-hai, Zhang, Ya-hong, Gan, Jing-li, Peng, Zheng-wu, and Tan, Qing-rong
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POST-traumatic stress disorder , *TRANSCRANIAL magnetic stimulation , *ANXIETY , *SENSORIMOTOR cortex , *LABORATORY rats - Abstract
Background: Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been employed for decades as a non-pharmacologic treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although a link has been suggested between PTSD and impaired sensorimotor gating (SG), studies assessing the effects of rTMS against PTSD or PTSD with impaired SG are scarce. Aim: To assess the benefit of rTMS in a rat model of PTSD. Methods: Using a modified single prolonged stress (SPS&S) rat model of PTSD, behavioral parameters were acquired using open field test (OFT), elevated plus maze test (EPMT), and prepulse inhibition trial (PPI), with or without 7 days of high frequency (10Hz) rTMS treatment of SPS&S rats. Results: Anxiety-like behavior, impaired SG and increased plasma level of cortisol were observed in SPS&S animals after stress for a prolonged time. Interestingly, rTMS administered immediately after stress prevented those impairment. Conclusion: Stress-induced anxiety-like behavior, increased plasma level of cortisol and impaired PPI occur after stress and high-frequency rTMS has the potential to ameliorate this behavior, suggesting that high frequency rTMS should be further evaluated for its use as a method for preventing PTSD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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