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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2017

Paired Associative Stimulation of the Temporal Cortex: Effects on the Auditory Steady-State Response.

Sarah Engel, Robert Daniel Heinrich Markewitz, Berthold Langguth, Martin Schecklmann

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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Sarah EngelDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Robert Daniel Heinrich MarkewitzDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Berthold LangguthDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Martin SchecklmannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
University of Regensburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPaired associative stimulation (PAS) is the repeated combination of a sensory stimulus with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in close temporal association. Recently, a study demonstrated that PAS of an auditory stimulus together with TMS of the temporal cortex is capable of changing the amplitude of auditory evoked potentials (AEP).

objectiveThis study examined the influence of tone duration and habituation in temporal cortex PAS as elicited by 40 and 20 Hz amplitude modulated auditory steady-state responses (aSSR).

methodsEighteen subjects participated in two experiments, including two PAS protocols each, which consisted of 200 auditory stimuli (4 kHz) paired with temporal cortex TMS with an interstimulus interval (ISI) of 45 ms between tone onset and TMS pulse, delivered at 0.1 Hz. Experiment 1 compared auditory stimuli with different lengths [PAS (23 ms) vs. PAS (400 ms)]. Experiment 2 investigated verum vs. sham PAS. aSSR for the paired tone (4 kHz) and a control tone (1 kHz) were measured pre- and post-interventional-using 40 Hz aSSR in experiment 1 and both 20 and 40 Hz aSSR in experiment 2.

resultsA statistically significant, sham-controlled decrease in amplitude was observed for the 20 Hz aSSR using the 4 kHz PAS carrier frequency in experiment 2.

conclusionFrequency-specific effects for the 20 Hz aSSR confirm the feasibility of auditory PAS and highlight the secondary auditory cortex as its target site, introducing new possible treatment protocols for patients suffering from tinnitus. The amplitude decrease can be explained by principles of spike timing-dependent plasticity and the superposition model of aSSR.

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auditory steady-state responsepaired associative stimulationspike-timing dependent plasticitytemporal cortextinnitus

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