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  • Title: Suppression of complex visual hallucinatory experiences by occipital transcranial magnetic stimulation: a case report.
    Author: Merabet LB, Kobayashi M, Barton J, Pascual-Leone A.
    Journal: Neurocase; 2003 Oct; 9(5):436-40. PubMed ID: 14972758.
    Abstract:
    Abstract We report a patient with visual hallucinations and illusions along with an associated visual field defect after bilateral ischemic damage to his occipital visual cortex. These hallucinations were long-standing and of both simple and complex (well-formed) type. Application of low frequency (1 Hz) repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) to the occipital cortex led to a complete cessation of visual hallucinatory symptoms. The use of TMS to probe the neurophysiology, and possibly alleviate, visual hallucinatory experiences is discussed.
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