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ArticleBrain topography2019

Effects of Acoustic Paired Associative Stimulation on Late Auditory Evoked Potentials.

Robert Markewitz, Sarah Engel, Berthold Langguth, Martin Schecklmann

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Article in Brain topography, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert MarkewitzDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 84, 93053, Regensburg, Germany. robert.markewitz@uksh.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1676-1085
Sarah EngelDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 84, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Berthold LangguthDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 84, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Martin SchecklmannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 84, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
University of Regensburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paired associative stimulation (PAS), a form of non-invasive cortical stimulation pairing transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with a peripheral sensory stimulus, has been shown to induce neuroplastic effects in the human motor, somatosensory and auditory cortex. The current study investigated the effects of acoustic PAS on late auditory evoked potentials (LAEP) and the influence of tone duration and placebo stimulation. In two experiments, 18 participants underwent a PAS with a 4 kHz paired tone of 400 ms duration using 200 pairs of stimuli (TMS-pulse over the left auditory cortex 45 ms after tone-onset) presented at 0.1 Hz. In Experiment 1 this protocol was contrasted with a protocol using a short paired tone of 23 ms duration (PAS-23 ms vs. PAS-400 ms). In Experiment 2 this PAS protocol was contrasted with sham stimulation (PAS-400 ms-sham vs. PAS-400 ms). Before and after PAS, LAEP were recorded for tones of 4 kHz (same carrier frequency as the paired tone) and 1 kHz as control tone. In Experiment 1, there was a significant difference between LAEP amplitudes of the 4 kHz tone after PAS-23 ms and PAS-400 ms with higher LAEP amplitudes after PAS-23 ms. Before both conditions, no difference could be detected. In Experiment 2 we observed a significant overall decrease in LAEP amplitudes pre to post PAS. Unspecific decreases of LAEP following PAS with a long paired tone (PAS-400 ms) might be related to habituation effects due to repeated presentation of sound stimuli which are not evident for PAS with a short paired tone (PAS-23 ms). Interpreting this result using the concept of temporal integration time allows us to discuss it in the context of spike-timing dependent plasticity.

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Acoustic StimulationAssociationTranscranial Magnetic StimulationAdultAuditory CortexEvoked Potentials, AuditoryFemaleHumansMaleNeuronal PlasticityYoung Adult

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PMID30584648
PMCPMC6476838
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