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Introduction: transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a neurophysiological technique that allows electric currents induction into the brain in a safe and noninvasive way. TMS is based on electromagnetic induction discovered by Faraday two centuries ago. Only in 1984, Anthony Barker and his team developed a stimulator that allowed depolarization of neurons in the motor cortex causing contralateral movements by activating corticospinal pathways, from which it has achieved its application on different conditions in psychiatric clinic. TMS can be used with other neuroscientifc methods to combine the ability of temporal and spatial resolution and the potentiality to activate or interfere brain functions when studying central motor pathways, cortical excitability and brain cortical function mapping. Materials and methods: for the study, patients were selected under pathology F33 and F51, diagnosed by medical service personnel and sent to the Magnetic Stimulation Unit. Additional tests such as head CT, EEG, psychological evaluation pre and post rTMS (repetitive TMS) were performed within a strict protocol. If some of the tests could not be carried out, the treatment did not proceed. Results: in this study, differences on type of depression or sleep rhythm disorders were not made. Our results showed that satisfaction was found in the majority of patients undergoing this treatment and many of them even improved with repetitive stimulation their depression and sleep quality, thus, proposing an alternate non-pharmacological or psychotherapeutic treatment. Besides, it is accessible to most people, as long as the technological infrastructure for this procedure is set up.
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