rtMS
- TMS is a safe and effective treatment.
TMS uses non-invasive magnetic pulses to stimulate the prefrontal cortex of the brain to activate positive mood pathways.
- When an electrical current passes through a TMS coil, it generates a magnetic field that passes into the brain without resistance.
- This magnetic field acts as an induction to produce electrical activity in the underlying cortical neurons.
- If the stimulation is provided above a certain threshold, these neurons will depolarise.
- The repeated firing of local cortical neurons induces an effect similar to long term potentiation.
- The magnetic field reaches 2-3 cm beneath the skull, stimulating the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and activating a circuit which goes into the limbic system.