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Title:: Advances in application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism spectrum disorder

Author(s):: CHEN Xiao; YAN Juntao; YIN Lu; Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China

Keywords:: Keywords: autism spectrum disorder repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation stimulation parameter review

Abstract:: Abstract: Autism spectrum disorder is a kind of neurodevelopmental syndrome with increasing prevalence rate, and it will lead to a variety of behavioral disorders. Recently, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation has made some achievements in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, but there is still some controversy about the selection of simulation parameters, safety and feasibility evaluation. Herein the treatment mechanisms for inducing long-term potentiation/inhibition and modulating cortical inhibition, the clinical applications of low- and high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation are reviewed, and the limitations currently involved in safety, moral and ethical issues are also discussed, thereby providing a reference basis for future research and clinical application.