Transcranial magnetic stimulation
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (abbreviated to TMS) is a technique used in a wide variety of neurological experimental tests, which creates a temporary lesion in a specific brain area, using rapidly fired and changing magnetic fields to disrupt the neurons in the intended area. It has been extremely influential in demonstrating neurological causality (seeing what damage to which areas of the brain produce what effect). However, a distinction should be made between TMS and (repetitive) rTMS; the latter of these produces longer-lasting lesions.
