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TITLE
Enhanced Cognition and Emotional Recognition and Reduced Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Two Adults with High-Functioning Autism as a Result of Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
AUTHORS
Avirame K; Stehberg J; Todder D.
SOURCE
Neurocase. 23(3-4):187-192, 2017 Jun – Aug.
ABSTRACT
We report reduced repetitive behaviors similar to obsessive compulsive disorder and improved emotional recognition and cognitive abilities in two young patients diagnosed with high-functioning Autism as a result of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS). The patients received daily high-frequency (5 Hz) dTMS with HAUT-coil over the medial prefrontal cortex for a period of 5-6 weeks. A computerized cognitive battery, tasks for testing emotional recognition, and clinical questionnaires were used to measure the effects of treatment. TMS might have modulated networks related to metalizing abilities and self-referential processes since both patients reported improved sociability and communication skills.
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