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Weak rTMS-induced electric fields produce neural entrainment in humans.
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- Statistical method accounts for microscopic electric field distortions around neurons when simulating activation thresholds.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- EEG-Spectra-Guided Personalized rTMS in PTSD with Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders: A Case Series.Acta scientific neurology · 2025Article
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- Pilot Study of Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Spectral Electroencephalogram Analyses for Assessing and Treating Persons with Autism.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
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- Electric-field-based dosing for TMS.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Axon morphology and intrinsic cellular properties determine repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation threshold for plasticity.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
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- Preliminary Observations of Personalized Repetitive Magnetic Stimulation (PrTMS) Guided by EEG Spectra for Concussion.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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- Template MRI scans reliably approximate individual and group-level tES and TMS electric fields induced in motor and prefrontal circuits.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2023Article
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Abstract
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a potent tool for modulating endogenous oscillations in humans. The current standard method for rTMS defines the stimulation intensity based on the evoked liminal response in the visual or motor system (e.g., resting motor threshold). The key limitation of the current approach is that the magnitude of the resulting electric field remains elusive. A better characterization of the electric field strength induced by a given rTMS protocol is necessary in order to improve the understanding of the neural mechanisms of rTMS. In this study we used a novel approach, in which individualized prospective computational modeling of the induced electric field guided the choice of stimulation intensity. We consistently found that rhythmic rTMS protocols increased neural synchronization in the posterior alpha frequency band when measured simultaneously with scalp electroencephalography. We observed this effect already at electric field strengths of roughly half the lowest conventional field strength, which is 80% of the resting motor threshold. We conclude that rTMS can induce immediate electrophysiological effects at much weaker electric field strengths than previously thought.
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