Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive method to excite the elementary unit of the nervous system; neurons in the brain: weak electric currents are induced in the tissue by rapidly changing magnetic fields (Barker AT, Jalinous R, Freeston IL. (May 1985). "Non-invasive magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex". The Lancet 1 (8437): 1106–1107. )

經顱電刺激與經顱電刺激相似，都是藉由微弱電流刺激大腦皮質產生神經變化，來達到各樣治療的效果，只不過經顱磁刺激是藉由在顱部給予磁場變化來產生電流，而tDCS直接對腦部給予電流刺激,由於前者非電流直接穿越,所以對於組織對電阻的影響就會較少.