unanticipated rapid remission of refractory bulimia nervosa, during high-dose repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex: a case report
Clicks: 366
ID: 221285
2012
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This
article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score —
reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
Reader Engagement
Popular Article
65.2
/100
366 views
247 readers
Trending
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
PopularRanked #24 of 188 articles by views in journal of experimental psychology general
Most read
Least read
Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 188 in total.
Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet mintedCreate a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.
5
SUSD
one-off · no wallet required
Abstract
A woman with severe, refractory bulimia nervosa underwent treatment for comorbid depression using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) using a novel technique. Unexpectedly, she showed a rapid, dramatic remission from bulimia nervosa. For 5 months pre-treatment, she had reported two 5-hour binge-purge episodes per day. After rTMS session 2 the episodes stopped entirely for 1 week; after session 10 there were no further recurrences. Depression scores improved more gradually to remission at session 10. Full remission from depression and binge-eating/purging episodes was sustained more than 2 months after treatment completion. In neuroimaging studies, the DMPFC is important in impulse control, and is underactive in bulimia nervosa. DMPFC-rTMS may have enhanced the patient’s ability to deploy previously acquired strategies to avoid binge-eating and purging via a reduction in her impulsivity. A larger sham-controlled trial of DMPFC-rTMS for binge-eating and purging behavior may be warranted.
| Reference Key |
edownar2012frontiersunanticipated
Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using
SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
|
|---|---|
| Authors | ;Jonathan eDownar;Jonathan eDownar;Ashwin eSankar;Peter eGiacobbe;Peter eGiacobbe;Blake eWoodside;Blake eWoodside;Patricia eColton;Patricia eColton |
| Journal | journal of experimental psychology general |
| Year | 2012 |
| DOI |
10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00030
|
| URL | |
| Keywords |
Citations
No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.