Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: From an innovative research tool to a new therapy and beyond

Launching a journal devoted to TMS is a critical next step in further developing TMS as a research tool and therapy. I strongly support and am excited at the potential and prospects for what this society-based journal can do for the field of TMS and brain stimulation in general. Sixteen years ago Professor Harold Sackeim and I launched the journal Brain Stimulation with the support of Elsevier publisher Josh Spieler (who is also involved in launching this journal) (Sackeim & George, 2008). At that time, few people anticipated the field’s growth and evolution into a significant branch of neuroscience tools and therapies.