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2016 review

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I went through this and removed the content based on primary sources. I found one review as as of today and the content is based on that brief mention. I moved the 2 key primary sources to Further reading. Not sure this should exist yet. Jytdog (talk) 08:04, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, the topic is a bit skimpy. What might it be merged to? Alexbrn (talk) 08:10, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Transcranial magnetic stimulation would be the best, i think. it is not a perfect fit - we'd have to set up some kind of related/emerging section. Jytdog (talk) 09:53, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This article is a stub and a replication. It should be merged with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsed_electromagnetic_field_therapy not Transcranial magnetic stimulation. --Doctor Ruud (talk) 21:22, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Jytdog (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is Low Field Magnetic Stimulation a misnomer? OR Is Low Field Magnetic Stimulation Really 'Low' Field?

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1) According to Magnetic resonance imaging (which is linked to the LFMS page) we are talking about Magnetic Field Strengths of 1.5 Teslas or 0.2T-7T (say 0.2 to 1.5 to 7T). Compared to TMS, some of these Magnetic Field Strengths are Quite High. 2) According to Transcranial magnetic stimulation, pulsed Magnetic Field Strenths produced are 2 and 3T. My question is, if LFMS (Low Field Magnetic Stimulation) is based upon observations of people after they were placed within Magnetic Resonance Imaging devices, is there some possibility that, due to the overlap of the values in cases (1) and (2) some of the observations that people made concerning LFMS (Low Field Magnetic Stimulation) were actually for relatively high magnetic field strengths?

Clearly, the lower range of magnetic field strengths in case (1) (02T-1.5T) could theoretically reach the values associated with TMS if the LFMS device were placed next to the brain. Of course, TMS makes use of PULSED Magnetic Fields whereas MRI makes use of "strong and uniform" Magnetic Fields - so the two situations are VERY different - TMS will be able to induce neuronal polarisation within the brain WHEREAS MRI would appear not to.

I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG, but I am merely trying to establish Truthful causal links. The possibility arises that LFMS has no plausible mode or mechanism of action and that the "mood changes in some people after they underwent certain kinds of magnetic resonance imaging" are, in fact, some type of spurious (possibly inexplicable) phenomenon, possibly explained as some type of Placebo effect. What would be needed is a PLASIBLE mechanism of action for how a "strong and uniform" Magnetic Field can affect someones neuronal physiology in the way that TMS does.

Forgive me if I am in Error.

ASavantDude (talk) 12:31, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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