11/12/2025
๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐? ๐ง โจ
Reviewing a May 2025 paper on repetitive TMS (rTMS) for insomnia has sparked some ideas. (Source: https://lnkd.in/eBmH2xiQ)
Key findings from the study:
- rTMS increased sleep duration and reduced nighttime arousals
- These changes tracked with improved glymphatic clearance (brainโs waste-removal system)
- Sleep benefits were independent of mood changes: strictly neurophysiological
While this particular study used high-frequency rTMS over the DLPFC, sTMS migraine treatment protocols deliver single pulses to the occipital cortex to calm neural hyperexcitability. The shared mechanism, central neuromodulation, raises a fascinating โwhat ifโ:
Could targeting the occipital cortex with electromagnetic pulses help to quiet sleep-disrupting triggers in migraineurs if we know that migraine & poor sleep are bidirectional and glymphatic stagnation can fuel neuroinflammation?
No direct sTMS sleep data yet. But for those of us obsessed with neuromodulationโs potential, this is the kind of information that keeps curiosity and motivation high.