scholarly journals Mechanisms of enhancement of human motor cortex excitability induced by interventional paired associative stimulation

2002 ◽  
Vol 543 (2) ◽  
pp. 699-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Stefan ◽  
Erwin Kunesch ◽  
Reiner Benecke ◽  
Leonardo G. Cohen ◽  
Joseph Classen
2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Strube ◽  
Tilmann Bunse ◽  
Berend Malchow ◽  
Alkomiet Hasan

Interindividual response variability to various motor-cortex stimulation protocols has been recently reported. Comparative data of stimulation protocols with different modes of action is lacking. We aimed to compare the efficacy and response variability of two LTP-inducing stimulation protocols in the human motor cortex: anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) and paired-associative stimulation (PAS25). In two experiments 30 subjects received 1mA a-tDCS and PAS25. Data analysis focused on motor-cortex excitability change and response defined as increase in MEP applying different cut-offs. Furthermore, the predictive pattern of baseline characteristics was explored. Both protocols induced a significant increase in motor-cortical excitability. In the PAS25 experiments the likelihood to develop a MEP response was higher compared to a-tDCS, whereas for intracortical facilitation (ICF) the likelihood for a response was higher in the a-tDCS experiments. Baseline ICF (12 ms) correlated positively with an increase in MEPs only following a-tDCS and responders had significantly higher ICF baseline values. Contrary to recent studies, we showed significant group-level efficacy following both stimulation protocols confirming older studies. However, we also observed a remarkable amount of nonresponders. Our findings highlight the need to define sufficient physiological read-outs for a given plasticity protocol and to develop predictive markers for targeted stimulation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. S77
Author(s):  
Nicolas Lang ◽  
Daniella Terney ◽  
Holger Rothkegel ◽  
Andrea Antal ◽  
Walter Paulus

2022 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru Ma ◽  
Xinzhao Xia ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Zhuo Lu ◽  
Qianying Wu ◽  
...  

Background: Temporal interference (TI) stimulation is a new technique of non-invasive brain stimulation. Envelope-modulated waveforms with two high-frequency carriers can activate neurons in target brain regions without stimulating the overlying cortex, which has been validated in mouse brains. However, whether TI stimulation can work on the human brain has not been elucidated.Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the envelope-modulated waveform of TI stimulation on the human primary motor cortex (M1).Methods: Participants attended three sessions of 30-min TI stimulation during a random reaction time task (RRTT) or a serial reaction time task (SRTT). Motor cortex excitability was measured before and after TI stimulation.Results: In the RRTT experiment, only 70 Hz TI stimulation had a promoting effect on the reaction time (RT) performance and excitability of the motor cortex compared to sham stimulation. Meanwhile, compared with the sham condition, only 20 Hz TI stimulation significantly facilitated motor learning in the SRTT experiment, which was significantly positively correlated with the increase in motor evoked potential.Conclusion: These results indicate that the envelope-modulated waveform of TI stimulation has a significant promoting effect on human motor functions, experimentally suggesting the effectiveness of TI stimulation in humans for the first time and paving the way for further explorations.


2012 ◽  
Vol 225 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Höffken ◽  
Ida S. Haussleiter ◽  
Andrea Westermann ◽  
Jörn Lötsch ◽  
Christoph Maier ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 2260-2267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgi Batsikadze ◽  
Walter Paulus ◽  
Min-Fang Kuo ◽  
Michael A Nitsche

2005 ◽  
Vol 389 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fidias E. Leon-Sarmiento ◽  
William Bara-Jimenez ◽  
Eric M. Wassermann

2009 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. e14-e15
Author(s):  
D. Terney ◽  
H. Rothkegel ◽  
A. Antal ◽  
W. Paulus ◽  
N. Lang

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru Ma ◽  
Xinzhao Xia ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Zhuo Lu ◽  
Qianying Wu ◽  
...  

Temporal interference (TI) stimulation is a new technique of noninvasive brain stimulation. Envelope-modulated waveforms with two high-frequency carriers can activate neurons in target brain regions without stimulating the overlying cortex, which has been validated in mouse brains. However, whether TI stimulation can work on the human brain has not been elucidate. In this study, this issue is investigated in the human primary motor cortex. Participants attended three sessions of TI stimulation during a random reaction time task (RRTT) or a serial reaction time task (SRTT). Motor cortex excitability was measured before and after TI stimulation. The results indicate that TI stimulation with different envelope frequencies influenced different motor functions. In the RRTT experiment, only 70 Hz TI stimulation had a promoting effect on the reaction time performance and excitability of the motor cortex compared to sham stimulation. Meanwhile, compared with the sham condition, only 20 Hz TI stimulation significantly facilitated motor learning in the SRTT experiment, which was significantly positively correlated with the increase in motor evoked potential. These results indicate that the envelope-modulated waveform of TI stimulation has a significant promoting effect on human motor functions, experimentally suggesting the effectiveness of TI stimulation in humans for the first time.


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