Handedness, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and bulimic disorders

F Van den Eynde; H Broadbent; S Guillaume; A Claudino; I C Campbell; U Schmidt

doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.08.015

Handedness, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and bulimic disorders

Eur Psychiatry. 2012 May;27(4):290-3. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.08.015. Epub 2010 Nov 9.

Authors

F Van den Eynde¹, H Broadbent, S Guillaume, A Claudino, I C Campbell, U Schmidt

Affiliation

¹ King's College London, Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO Box 59, SE5 8AF, London, UK. Frederique.vandeneynde@iop.kcl.ac.uk

PMID: 21067901
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.08.015

Abstract

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) research in psychiatry mostly excludes left-handed participants. We recruited left-handed people with a bulimic disorder and found that stimulation of the left prefrontal cortex may result in different effects in left- and right-handed people. This highlights the importance of handedness and cortex lateralisation for rTMS.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Bulimia / physiopathology*
Female
Functional Laterality / physiology*
Humans
Middle Aged
Prefrontal Cortex / physiology*
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / methods*

Grants and funding

RP-PG-0606-1043/Department of Health/United Kingdom