Abstract:
:The effects of repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS) on brain activity remain unknown. In healthy subjects, we studied the effects of rTMS on the duration of the cortical silent period (SP). Repetitive stimuli were delivered with a Cadwell High Speed Magnetic Stimulator and a figure-of-eight coil placed over the hand motor area. rTMS was delivered in trains of 11 or 20 stimuli at frequencies of 3 and 5 Hz and at stimulation intensities of 110 and 120% of motor threshold. The SP was recorded from the forearm muscles during a voluntary contraction (20% of maximum effort). rTMS delivered at a frequency of 3 and 5 Hz and intensities of 110 and 120% motor threshold prolonged the duration of the SP, without modifying either the size or the latency of the muscle-evoked potentials (MEP). A conditioning train of 11 stimuli at 3 Hz had no effect on the duration of the SP evoked by a single magnetic shock delivered 600 ms after the train. These findings show that rTMS increases the duration of the cortical SP, but does so only during the train of stimuli. rTMS probably changes the duration of the SP by facilitating cortical inhibitory interneurons.
journal_name
Exp Brain Resjournal_title
Experimental brain researchauthors
Berardelli A,Inghilleri M,Gilio F,Romeo S,Pedace F,Currà A,Manfredi Mdoi
10.1007/s002210050661keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-03-01 00:00:00pages
82-6issue
1eissn
0014-4819issn
1432-1106journal_volume
125pub_type
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