ArticleNeuroImage2017
Network-targeted cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation improves attentional control.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- Probing cerebellar involvement in cognition through a meta-analysis of TMS evidence.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
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- Cerebellar Stimulation Modulates Reward Processing: A High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Study.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Trial
- The Cerebellum Modulates Attention Network Functioning: Evidence from a Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Attention Network Test Study.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2019Trial
- Temporal interference stimulation for deep brain neuromodulation in humans.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Review
- An update on the effects of cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation on cognitive function.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Review
- Intrinsic brain network dynamics modulated by neural stimulation to cerebellum.Network neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- Lateral Cerebellar Theta Burst Stimulation Can Modulate Default Mode Network Connectivity in Autistic Adults.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Article
- Objective markers of sustained attention fluctuate independently of mind-wandering reports.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Article
- Revisiting the Cerebellum's Linguistic Role: Evidence for Cerebellar Involvement in Expressive Syntax.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025Article
- Task-based effective connectivity finds alterations in frontoparietal network in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.Brain communications · 2025Article
- A double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial of cerebellar intermittent theta burst stimulation for bipolar disorder: Safety, tolerability, mood and cognitive effects.Transcranial magnetic stimulation (2024) · 2025Article
- Same, Same but Different? A Multi-Method Review of the Processes Underlying Executive Control.Neuropsychology review · 2024Review
- Prolonged intermittent theta burst stimulation targeting the left prefrontal cortex and cerebellum does not affect executive functions in healthy individuals.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Re-examining the Mysterious Role of the Cerebellum in Pain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Review
- Theta burst stimulation on the fronto-cerebellar connective network promotes cognitive processing speed in the simple cognitive task.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation at the Cerebellum on Working Memory.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Functional Segregation of the Human Cerebellum in Social Cognitive Tasks Revealed by TMS.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Effects of Combined Intervention of rTMS and Neurotransmitter Drugs on the Brain Functional Networks in Patients with Cognitive Impairment.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Continuous theta burst stimulation over right cerebellum for speech impairment in Parkinson's disease: study protocol for a randomized, sham-controlled, clinical trial.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Developing non-invasive brain stimulation interventions to improve attentional control is extremely relevant to a variety of neurological and psychiatric populations, yet few studies have identified reliable biomarkers that can be readily modified to improve attentional control. One potential biomarker of attention is functional connectivity in the core cortical network supporting attention - the dorsal attention network (DAN). We used a network-targeted cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) procedure, intended to enhance cortical functional connectivity in the DAN. Specifically, in healthy young adults we administered intermittent theta burst TMS (iTBS) to the midline cerebellar node of the DAN and, as a control, the right cerebellar node of the default mode network (DMN). These cerebellar targets were localized using individual resting-state fMRI scans. Participants completed assessments of both sustained (gradual onset continuous performance task, gradCPT) and transient attentional control (attentional blink) immediately before and after stimulation, in two sessions (cerebellar DAN and DMN). Following cerebellar DAN stimulation, participants had significantly fewer attentional lapses (lower commission error rates) on the gradCPT. In contrast, stimulation to the cerebellar DMN did not affect gradCPT performance. Further, in the DAN condition, individuals with worse baseline gradCPT performance showed the greatest enhancement in gradCPT performance. These results suggest that temporarily increasing functional connectivity in the DAN via network-targeted cerebellar stimulation can enhance sustained attention, particularly in those with poor baseline performance. With regard to transient attention, TMS stimulation improved attentional blink performance across both stimulation sites, suggesting increasing functional connectivity in both networks can enhance this aspect of attention. These findings have important implications for intervention applications of TMS and theoretical models of functional connectivity.
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