| With the ever increasing development in science and | | | | magnetic field passes through the skull inducing a |
| technology, scientists are now looking into | | | | current in the brain affecting nearby nerve cells. |
| electromagnetism to treat several brain disorders | | | | Scientists then increase or decrease the frequency |
| such as depression, schizophrenia, migraines, and | | | | of the electric current to check on specific brain |
| even obesity. This can prove to be very delicate as it | | | | circuits and functions. By manipulating this electric |
| affects the central part of the human body that is | | | | pulse, they could slow or excite the level of brain |
| the brain. | | | | activity, thus prompting them to study the changes |
| Used both diagnostically and therapeutically, this | | | | and the causes they bring. |
| scientific breakthrough is called the transcranial | | | | An even more developed method called the deep |
| magnetic stimulation or TMS. This method uses an | | | | TMS touches specific areas in the brain and identifies |
| electromagnetic current that enters the brain tissues | | | | their abnormalities. A noninvasive electrical stimulation |
| thus triggering the brain's activities. Another | | | | is used to reach deeper into the brain and activate |
| alternative method called the repetitive transcranial | | | | certain structures. In this manner, abnormal brain |
| magnetic stimulation or rTMS has a more lasting | | | | activities that cause hallucinations, major depression, |
| effect that could let scientists deeply understand the | | | | sleep disorders and migraines could be detected and |
| connectivity and functionality of the brain and several | | | | treated without the need of a major brain surgery. |
| conditions affecting it. | | | | Electromagnetism has truly made its way into the |
| TMS uses the principle of induction that lets an | | | | medical world. Many scientists are still working on |
| electric pulse work its way safely into the patient's | | | | further development of this method. And with that |
| head through an electromagnetic coil. The patient, | | | | we can say that this is one electronic medical |
| though not experiencing any discomfort, might have | | | | masterpiece in progress. |
| behavior changes and slower brain activity as a | | | | |