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Neurology 2001;57:1338-1340
© 2001 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

rTMS of the unaffected hemisphere transiently reduces contralesional visuospatial hemineglect

M. Oliveri, MD, E. Bisiach, MD, F. Brighina, MD, A. Piazza, MD, V. La Bua, MD, D. Buffa, MD and B. Fierro, MD

From the Neurophysiological Unit (Drs. Brighina, Piazza, La Bua, Buffa, and Fierro), Department of Psychology (Dr. Bisiach), University of Torino; IRCCS "S. Lucia" (Dr. Oliveri), Roma; and Department of Psychology (Dr. Oliveri), University of Palermo, Italy.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. B. Fierro, Neurophysiological Unit, Institute of Neuropsychiatry, Via G. La Loggia, 1, 90129 Palermo, Italy; e-mail: fierro{at}neuro.unipa.it

To verify the role of interhemispheric influences on manifestations of neglect, the authors investigated the effects of a transient repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)-induced disruption of the unaffected hemisphere on contralesional visuospatial neglect in two left- and five right-brain-damaged patients. Parietal rTMS of the unaffected hemisphere during the execution of a computerized task of bisected line’s length judgment transiently decreased the magnitude of neglect as expressed in the number of errors.




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