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ArticleExperimental brain research2020

Good test-retest reliability of a paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol to measure short-interval intracortical facilitation.

H Qasem, H Fujiyama, B K Rurak, Ann-Maree Vallence

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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H QasemDiscipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
H FujiyamaDiscipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
B K RurakDiscipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
Ann-Maree VallenceDiscipline of Psychology, College of Science, Health, Engineering, and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia. ann-maree.vallence@murdoch.edu.au.

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Australian Research Council DE190100694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used frequently to study human physiology, including the indirect-wave (I-wave) circuits generating short-interval intracortical facilitation (SICF). Growing evidence implicates SICF in plasticity and motor learning, suggesting that SICF is likely of functional relevance in both health and disease. To date, test-retest reliability has not been established for measures of SICF: given the clear potential of SICF to be used as a diagnostic tool, it is critical to establish the reliability of the paired-pulse TMS protocol to measure SICF. We investigated the test-retest reliability of SICF measured using paired-pulse TMS. SICF was measured in two sessions in 20 young adults using single- and paired-pulse TMS. Single-pulse TMS was set at an intensity that elicited MEPs of 1 mV (SI

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Motor CortexTranscranial Magnetic StimulationAgedElectromyographyEvoked Potentials, MotorHumansNeural InhibitionReproducibility of ResultsRestYoung AdultMotor controlPrimary motor cortexReliabilityShort-interval intracortical facilitationTranscranial magnetic stimulation

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