Parkinson Disease
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
In several randomized, sham-controlled trials, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation was shown to be effective in reducing the motor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease, with minimal side effects.
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Linking Traumatic Brain Injury and Parkinson’s Disease: The Evidence Builds
A retrospective study based on an administrative database compared more than 50,000 admissions with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with more than 100,000 admissions for other traumatic injury, and found that TBI in individuals older than 55 years of age led to a 44% increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease in the ensuing 5-7 years.