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The long-term high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation does not induce mRNA expression of inflammatory mediators in the rat central nervous system.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12443977     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been applied for treatment of several diseases such as depression. However, the safety and biological effects of rTMS have not been fully elucidated. In this study, the effects of rTMS on the levels of inflammatory mediators in the central nervous system (CNS), which may be involved in neurodegenerative disorders, were investigated in comparison with the electric convulsive model. Long-term rTMS (1500 pulses at 30 Hz/day for series of 7 days) stimulation, which did not elicit convulsion, was given to rats (rTMS rats). Single high-frequency electrical stimulation (100 Hz, 0.5-ms pulse width, 1 s duration, 50 mA), which induced convulsion, was given to rats (ES rats). mRNA levels of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS) in the brain were evaluated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction before and after these stimulations. mRNA of IL-1beta, IL-6 and COX-2 was induced in the brains of ES rats but not in the brains of long-term rTMS rats. mRNA of iNOS was not induced in the brain of long-term rTMS rats. These results suggest that long-term rTMS may safe and modulate neural function without up-regulation of inflammatory mediators, which may be involved in neurodegenerative disorders.
Authors:
Kazumasa Okada; Kaoru Matsunaga; Tomoaki Yuhi; Etsushi Kuroda; Uki Yamashita; Sadatoshi Tsuji
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain research     Volume:  957     ISSN:  0006-8993     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Res.     Publication Date:  2002 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-11-21     Completed Date:  2003-03-06     Revised Date:  2005-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045503     Medline TA:  Brain Res     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  37-41     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan. gion@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Brain / immunology,  metabolism*
Cyclooxygenase 2
Electric Stimulation*
Gene Expression Regulation
Inflammation / metabolism
Interleukin-1 / genetics,  metabolism*
Interleukin-6 / genetics,  metabolism*
Isoenzymes / genetics,  metabolism*
Male
Nitric Oxide Synthase / genetics,  metabolism*
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / genetics,  metabolism*
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Seizures / metabolism
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Interleukin-1; 0/Interleukin-6; 0/Isoenzymes; 0/RNA, Messenger; EC 1.14.13.39/Nitric Oxide Synthase; EC 1.14.13.39/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; EC 1.14.13.39/Nos2 protein, rat; EC 1.14.99.1/Cyclooxygenase 2; EC 1.14.99.1/Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases

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