ArticleBrain stimulation
Pulse Duration as Well as Current Direction Determines the Specificity of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Motor Cortex during Contraction.
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- Measuring the nonselective effects of motor inhibition using isometric force recordings.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
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- Repetitive paired-pulse TMS increases motor cortex excitability and visuomotor skill acquisition in young and older adults.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2023Article
- Modulation of dorsal premotor cortex differentially influences I-wave excitability in primary motor cortex of young and older adults.The Journal of physiology · 2023Article
- Motor potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation: interpreting a simple measure of a complex system.The Journal of physiology · 2023Review
- Closed-loop optimal and automatic tuning of pulse amplitude and width in EMG-guided controllable transcranial magnetic stimulation.Biomedical engineering letters · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research suggested that anterior-posterior (AP) directed currents induced by TMS in motor cortex (M1) activate interneuron circuits different from those activated by posterior-anterior currents (PA). The present experiments provide evidence that pulse duration also determines the activation of specific interneuron circuits.
objectiveTo use single motor unit (SMU) recordings to confirm the difference in onset latencies of motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) evoked by different current directions and pulse durations: AP
methodsSurface electromyograms and SMUs were recorded from the first dorsal interosseous muscle. SAI was tested with an electrical stimulus to median or digital nerves ~20-25 ms prior to TMS delivered over the M1 hand area via a controllable pulse parameter TMS (cTMS) device. SAI was also tested during the application of anodal or sham tDCS
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