Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairmen / 临床神经病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation ( rTMS ) on cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairmen ( MCI).Methods Fifty patients with MCI were randomly divided into rTMS treatment group ( rTMS group ) and piracetam treatment group ( control group ) , 25 patients in each group .The stimulated point of rTMS treatment were in the bilateral prefrontal area , for one time a day, continuous treatment for 6 d as a courses in rTMS group patients .Two courses of treatment was interval of 3 weeks, a total of 4 courses.The patients of control group were treated with piracetam 0.8 g, 3 times a day, for taking 16 weeks.Before and after treatment, the event-related potentials P300 and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scale examination were taken in two group respectively .Results Compared with before treatment , the P300 latency significant was significantly shortened and amplitude increased , scores of MoCA scale and delay memory were significantly increased (P<0.05-0.01) after treatment in the rTMS group.Compared with the control group, the difference of those had statistical significance ( all P<0.05 ) .The difference of those had no statistical significance before and after treatment in control group .Conclusion rTMS treatment can improve memory and cognitive in patients with MCI .It can delay the progress of dementia to some extent .