Tressie M Stephens1, Isabella M Young2, Christen M O'Neal1, Nicholas B Dadario3, Robert G Briggs1, Charles Teo4, Michael E Sughrue4. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Japan. 2. Cingulum Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3. Rutgers Robert Johnson Wood School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. 4. Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive treatment used to modulate cortical excitability. Its use over the last two decades has expanded, ranging from psychiatric disorders to traumatic brain injury and poststroke rehabilitation. OBJECTIVES: We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient who presented in a decreased state of consciousness due to a right frontal glioblastoma, wherein his state was not improved by a successful surgery and could not be explained by any other condition. Due to his poor prognosis, we examine the benefits of receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment to improve his akinetic mutism. METHODS: We utilized independent component analysis with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) to better understand his cortical functionality. The imaging suggested absence of the default mode network (DMN). The patient underwent five sessions of navigated intermittent theta burst stimulation to the ipsilesional inferior parietal lobule and inferior frontal gyrus, with the aim of improving his default mode network functionality. RESULTS: No other treatments resulted in an improvement of this patient's condition; however, 3 weeks following transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment, the patient was more alert and interactive, and his follow-up rsfMRI scan demonstrated a partially intact default mode network. CONCLUSION: This case raises important questions regarding the clinical utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve the connectivity of important cerebral networks and subsequent related functional recovery.
BACKGROUND: Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive treatment used to modulate cortical excitability. Its use over the last two decades has expanded, ranging from psychiatric disorders to traumatic brain injury and poststroke rehabilitation. OBJECTIVES: We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient who presented in a decreased state of consciousness due to a right frontal glioblastoma, wherein his state was not improved by a successful surgery and could not be explained by any other condition. Due to his poor prognosis, we examine the benefits of receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment to improve his akinetic mutism. METHODS: We utilized independent component analysis with resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) to better understand his cortical functionality. The imaging suggested absence of the default mode network (DMN). The patient underwent five sessions of navigated intermittent theta burst stimulation to the ipsilesional inferior parietal lobule and inferior frontal gyrus, with the aim of improving his default mode network functionality. RESULTS: No other treatments resulted in an improvement of this patient's condition; however, 3 weeks following transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment, the patient was more alert and interactive, and his follow-up rsfMRI scan demonstrated a partially intact default mode network. CONCLUSION: This case raises important questions regarding the clinical utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve the connectivity of important cerebral networks and subsequent related functional recovery.
Authors: Nicholas B Dadario; Ashraf Zaman; Madhavi Pandya; Brian J Dlouhy; Manuri P Gunawardena; Michael E Sughrue; Charles Teo Journal: J Neurooncol Date: 2022-01-15 Impact factor: 4.130
Authors: Robert G Briggs; Isabella M Young; Nicholas B Dadario; R Dineth Fonseka; Jorge Hormovas; Parker Allan; Micah L Larsen; Yueh-Hsin Lin; Onur Tanglay; B David Maxwell; Andrew K Conner; Jordan F Stafford; Chad A Glenn; Charles Teo; Michael E Sughrue Journal: Brain Behav Date: 2022-06-22 Impact factor: 3.405