We used high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to increase the excitability of perilesional regions after chronic brain damage to promote functional restitution. We specifically targeted rTMS to a perilesional area previously determined to be an essential site of functional compensation after focal damage to the posterior parietal cortex. A group of adult cats (n=6) underwent extensive behavioral testing in a battery of tasks requiring visually guided orienting responses to static visual stimuli presented at eccentricities throughout the left and right visual hemifields. Once plateau performance levels were reached, animals received unilateral cortical lesions of the posterior visuo-parietal cortex, which resulted in impairments in the ability to detect and localize visual stimuli in the contralesional visual hemispace. Three months after lesion, all subjects underwent daily sessions of rTMS (10Hz rTMS, 2400 pulses at 40% intensity) for seventy sessions. Animals were evaluated daily after each session of rTMS and after every block of 5 sessions. Following rTMS treatment, animals achieved either high, (n=4 subjects, 27±7%) moderate, (n=1 subjects, 17%) or no (n=1 subject, 0%) improvements in contralesional performance with respect to pre-TMS levels. Overall, recovery progressed from pericentral to peripheral targets with increasing rTMS sessions. A sham 10Hz TMS group (n=2) underwent an equivalent regimen and showed no changes in performance Our findings demonstrate that high frequency rTMS applied to perilesional cortical key areas is able to alleviate functional deficits in brain damaged subjects. These data have important implications for the use of rTMS to produce restitution in human patients afflicted by cerebral damage.