Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: A Possible Target for Modulating Dyskinesias in Parkinson's Disease by Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Table 1

Effects of rTMS treatments on motor symptoms of PD and treatment complications as assessed by the UPDRSs III and IV. UPDRS III: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, part III, motor examination; UPDRS IV: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, part IV, treatment complications; Pre-rTMS/MC: prior to the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment applied over the motor cortex; Post-rTMS/MC: immediately after the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment applied over the motor cortex; Pre-rTMS/PFC: prior to the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment applied over the prefrontal cortex; Post-rTMS/PFC: immediately after the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment applied over the prefrontal cortex.

	Pre-rTMS/MC scores	Post-rTMS/MC scores	Pre-rTMS/PFC scores	Post-rTMS/PFC scores
UPDRS III “on”	21.25±13.43	21.75±13.67	20.75±12.87	20.00±14.12
UPDRS IV	6.00±1.83	7.00±2.50	6.25±1.71	4.75±0.96