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Polish Academy of Sciences 		Pol. J. Pharmacol., 1999, 51, 363-366
ISSN 1230-6002
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SHORT COMMUNICATION
 COMPARISON OF EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO SCHEDULES OF RAPID TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION ON ENHANCEMENT OF RESPONSIVENESS TO APOMORPHINE
 Tomasz Zyss1, Jacek Mamczarz2, Adam Roman2, Jerzy Vetulani2#
 1 Department of Psychiatry, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kopernika 21a, PL 31-501 Kraków, Poland,
2 Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smętna 12, PL-31-343 Kraków, Poland

Comparison of effectiveness of two schedules of rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation on enhancement of responsiveness to apomorphine. T. ZYSS, J. MAMCZARZ, A. ROMAN, J. VETULANI. Pol. J. Pharmacol., 1999, 51, 363-366.

Locomotor response to apomorphine (0.5 mg/kg sc) was tested in rats pretreated with multiple rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) orelectroconvulsive shock (ECS). rTMS (B = 1.6T, f = 20Hz, t = 300 s) was delivered 9 times during 18 days (group rTMS1, total number of stimulations 54,000) or 18 times during 18 days (group rTMS2, total number of stimulations 108,000); ECS (I = 150 mA, f = 50 Hz, t = 500 ms) was delivered 9 times at 48 h intervals. Apomorphine given 24 h after the last treatment induced hyperactivity that was significantly more pronounced in rats receiving ECS and rTMS. The effect was most pronounced for electroconvulsive treatment, the least in the rTMS1 group. The results indicate that an increase in the total number of impulses during the rTMS may increase the responsiveness of rats to dopaminergic stimulation to the level comparable with that induced by ECS.

Key words: rapid transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroconvulsive treatment, apomorphine hypermotility
  # correspondence, e-mail: nfvetula@cyf-kr.edu.pl
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