ReviewThe Journal of physiology2023
Motor potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation: interpreting a simple measure of a complex system.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- A study on the effects of exercise training on cortical excitability in athletes: a meta-analysis based on TMS measurements.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for central post-stroke pain: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
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- Transcranial direct current stimulation enhances delayed retention after 5 days of lower-limb motor skill learning.The Journal of physiology · 2026Trial
- Acute and post-acute neurobehavioral responses to lysergic acid diethylamide in healthy subjects: a randomized controlled study.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Upper Limb Motor Function and Serum Lipid Metabolomics in Patients With Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Study.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
- Acute dentate nucleus deep brain stimulation modulates corticomotor excitability in chronic stroke survivors.Brain stimulationTrial
- Input-output curves demonstrate motor cortex hyperexcitability associated with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease.Neurobiology of aging · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of transcranial magnetic brain stimulation.Physiological reviews · 2026Review
- Increased corticospinal excitability after rest with short term motor performance.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Investigating Neuropharmacological Features of the Cortical Activity of Cannabidiol GWP42003 P-A Phase 1 Clinical Trial.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Intra- and Inter-Session Reliability of Average- and Trial-Level Motor Evoked Potential Amplitudes.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Premovement Suppression of Corticospinal Excitability Is Modulated by Reaction Time Task Requirements.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- An automated derivative-based method for detection of motor evoked potential onset latencies in multi-muscle transcranial magnetic stimulation studies.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Heterogeneous Recruitment Curve Responses to Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Children With Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2026Article
- Rapid Multimuscle Cortical Mapping of the Upper Limb: Activity Reveals Intralimb Gradients.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Haptic Feedback Reduces Telesurgery Operators' Reaction Times Compared to Conventional Stimulation: Results of a First-in-Human Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Mu-Rhythm Phase Modulates Cortical Reactivity to Subthreshold TMS: A TMS-EEG Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Recovery of Dexterous Motor Control via Non-Monosynaptic Corticospinal Pathways.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Transient effects in corticospinal and reticulospinal tract excitability induced by motor skill and isometric resistance training.Brain research · 2026Article
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Abstract
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive technique that is increasingly used to study the human brain. One of the principal outcome measures is the motor-evoked potential (MEP) elicited in a muscle following TMS over the primary motor cortex (M1), where it is used to estimate changes in corticospinal excitability. However, multiple elements play a role in MEP generation, so even apparently simple measures such as peak-to-peak amplitude have a complex interpretation. Here, we summarize what is currently known regarding the neural pathways and circuits that contribute to the MEP and discuss the factors that should be considered when interpreting MEP amplitude measured at rest in the context of motor processing and patients with neurological conditions. In the last part of this work, we also discuss how emerging technological approaches can be combined with TMS to improve our understanding of neural substrates that can influence MEPs. Overall, this review aims to highlight the capabilities and limitations of TMS that are important to recognize when attempting to disentangle sources that contribute to the physiological state-related changes in corticomotor excitability.
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