A new technique for treating chronic migraine, based on the use of magnetic waves, was effective, according to the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years Pannochka. Net The method is called transcranial magnetic stimulation, and at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Seattle, the results of its application.

In a study conducted at Ohio State University, TMS was used in patients suffering from migraine with aura - visual disturbances that occur before the attack of pain. The procedure helped patients to reduce the intervals between attacks by 2, 24 and 48 hours.

In the new study, scientists decided to study the effect of TMS on the brain, for which experiments with laboratory rats.

For example, they discovered the importance of time and peak intensity of excitation among brain reactions to stimulation.

"It turned out that the spread of bark depression depends on the aura of migraine, and responds to TMS therapy by blocking the neuronal excitation wave in more than 50% of cases," said Peter Goadsby, a professor from the Center for Headache.

TMC creates a directed magnetic pulse that passes through the skull, destroying the electric pathology of the abnormal brain waves associated with migraine.

Further research is needed, but already at this stage, TMS is a progressive method of treatment for those who do not tolerate drugs. Sumy. Ua.

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