Abstract #5: Focal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the rat brain

: TMS is emerging as a therapeutic tool for several neuropsychiatric disorders. Preclinical rodent studies are of great value in understanding the neurobiological mechanism of TMS. To draw spatially translatable neurobiological conclusions, and ultimately to inform clinical interventions to improve efficacy, it is critical that animal studies mimic human TMS conditions. Unfortunately, there is no commercial rodent TMS coil that can mimic the...