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Table 1 Changes in the patient’s rTMS application, CRS-R score, upper ARAS status, and medications

From: Effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the ascending reticular activating system in a patient with disorder of consciousness: a case report

Duration from onset (months)

5 months

→

rTMS

7 months

→

No rTMS

9 months

→

rTMS

10 months

CRS-R

4

 

13

 

13

 

13 (higher cognition: improved)

Change of upper ARAS

 

Rt prefrontal lobe ↑

 

Rt prefrontal lobe ↓

 

Rt prefrontal lobe ↑

 

Drugs

 

levodopa 750 mg, amantadine 200 mg, bromocriptine 10 mg, zolpidem 10 mg, baclofen 75 mg

 

levodopa 500 mg, amantadine 150 mg, bromocriptine 3.75 mg

 

levodopa 500 mg, amantadine 150 mg, bromocriptine 3.75 mg

 
  1. rTMS repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; CRS-R Coma Recovery Scale-Revised; ARAS ascending reticular activating system