How to Use transcranial magnetic stimulation in a Sentence

transcranial magnetic stimulation

noun

• The hope is to then use neurostimulation, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, to activate those circuits in a more fruitful way.
  — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• The article is packed with descriptions of cutting-edge treatments such as transcranial magnetic stimulation.
  — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2017
• Other research subjects are receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation, in which current is delivered through a device held to the outside of the head.
  — Caleb Hellerman, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022
• To measure their synapses, the researchers used transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalogram tests.
  — Hunter Boyce, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026
• In some instances a treatment called deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, might be used as an alternative or in combination with medication as a therapy.
  — CBS News, 23 Oct. 2019
• To help people with depression realign the brain’s firing patterns and get traffic moving again, scientists are looking at new forms of a type of brain stimulation called transcranial magnetic stimulation.
  — Marty Munson, Men's Health, 4 Apr. 2023
• Using either high- or low-frequency energy waves, the technique can reach brain structures much deeper than those accessible by transcranial magnetic stimulation.
  — Caleb Hellerman, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022
• Low-current brain stimulation has been studied for years, and is different from transcranial magnetic stimulation, which is increasingly being used to treat depression.
  — Ian Haydon, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
• Response rates in the initial phase of treatment were similar to those of oral medication and transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression, the researchers say.
  — Katherine Dillinger and Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
• More recently, studies have started to focus on writing brain waves to directly insert information to the brain through, for example, transcranial magnetic stimulation.
  — Rashed Haq, Wired, 20 Jan. 2022
• And newer therapeutic methods born of ECT, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, can focus on even smaller brain regions.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• This process is administered in ten 10-minute sessions per day for five consecutive days, which is faster than conventional transcranial magnetic stimulation that’s also less precise.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
• Scientists have been zapping brains to alleviate depression for decades through a method called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS.
  — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
• Kim said that Ryan wound up continuing transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment at Insight Choices.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• Another approach, transcranial magnetic stimulation, involves holding an electromagnetic coil against the scalp, which sends pulses to the brain that similarly mask pain signals.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• To ease depression and stimulate brain activities, patients put on a helmet-like device with magnetic energy for a mental health treatment called transcranial magnetic stimulation.
  — Olivia Cyrus, Sacbee.com, 2 Aug. 2025
• Her husband finally convinced her to meet with a psychiatrist offering a treatment called deep transcranial magnetic stimulation or deep TMS.
  — CBS News, 23 Oct. 2019
• And there’s transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), in which a wand delivers powerful magnetic pulses from outside the head to alter the activity of brain cells.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Oct. 2023
• The non-placebo treatments included a variety of different transcranial magnetic stimulation approaches.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2023
• When abnormalities are detected, a machine therapy called transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) can send into the brain magnetic pulses powerful enough to shift and rewire those connections so their function is improved.
  — Amy Barth, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2012
• Massimini and his colleagues are applying a procedure called transcranial magnetic stimulation, which uses electromagnets placed on the head, as a possible technique for assessing consciousness.
  — Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
• Several noninvasive techniques, like transcranial magnetic stimulation, can stimulate people’s brain activity and are being tested as treatments for a range of psychiatric disorders.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2021
• The treatment that helped Blecher is called repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and uses magnetic fields to stimulate regions of the brain involved in addiction.
  — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
• The treatment that helped Blecher is called repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and uses magnetic fields to stimulate regions of the brain involved in addiction.
  — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 23 June 2023
• Or there’s brain stimulation therapies like transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), where a coil that generates magnetic pulses is placed against the scalp, inducing electrical currents in the brain.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2025
• Siddiqi and his team noted that a type of therapy called transcranial magnetic stimulation, which stimulates nerves in the brain, could be a promising treatment for depression related to TBI when traditional therapies don’t work.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 5 July 2023
• And in 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved a transcranial magnetic stimulation device to help patients quit smoking, a milestone for substance use disorders.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 Jan. 2022
• More than 20 medications, by his count, hadn’t helped him in any durable way; neither had electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) or ketamine infusions.
  — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2023
• More recently, in 2016, Italian scientists used transcranial magnetic stimulation during the rubber hand experiment to trigger electrical pulses in the region of the brain that controls hand movement.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2020
• The Food and Drug Administration first approved transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in 2008.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025