Clinical progress of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of autism

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of complex neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by difficulties in social communication, restricted interests, and repetitive behaviors.Currently, there is no specif-ic treatment plan for individuals with autism, which results in the inability to implement an ideal treatment strate-gy for them.In recent years, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), as a non-invasive neuromodulation tech-nique, has received widespread attention by scholars and has begun to show potential in the field of autism treat-ment.This review aims to summarize and integrate the research progress of repetitive transcranial magnetic stim-ulation (rTMS) on the application status, efficacy and side effects in the treatment of autism, with a view to pro-viding a theoretical basis for rTMS treatment of individuals with autism.