Early Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Exerts Neuroprotective Effects and Improves Motor Functions in Hemiparkinsonian Rats.

"Disclosure The preliminary results and findings in this study have been presented via poster and conference abstract at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2015), Chicago, IL, USA. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper."

"The authors would like to thank Professor Ying-Zu Huang for his helpful advice and are grateful to the Neuroscience Research Center of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taiwan. This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 109-2314-B-182-029-MY3, MOST 108-2314-B-182-015-MY3 to T-HH, and MOST 109-2221-E-038-005-MY3 to C-WP); Chang Gung Medical Foundation, Taiwan (CMRPD1H0463 and CMRPD1K0671 to T-HH); Industry-Academy Cooperation Project of Chang Gung University (QCRPD657, SCRPD1H0061, SCRPD1K0351, and SCRPD1K0611 to T-HH); and Min-Sheng General Hospital (Grant numbers 1090003 and 2020003 to M-YC)."