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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Cell-specific effects of temporal interference stimulation on cortical function.

Sara Caldas-Martinez, Chaitanya Goswami, Mats Forssell, Jiaming Cao, Alison L Barth, Pulkit Grover

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. [Progresses on temporal interference electromagnetic stimulation for non-invasive deep brain function modulation].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Sara Caldas-Martinez *Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. scaldasm@andrew.cmu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2527-2056
Chaitanya Goswami *Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9483-8821
Mats ForssellElectrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7811-6773
Jiaming CaoSchool of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Alison L BarthBiological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Pulkit GroverElectrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. pgrover@andrew.cmu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7651-7776

Funding

United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) N65236-19-C-801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Temporal interference (TI) stimulation is a popular non-invasive neurostimulation technique that utilizes the following salient neural behavior: pure sinusoid (generated in off-target brain regions) appears to cause no stimulation, whereas modulated sinusoid (generated in target brain regions) does. To understand its effects and mechanisms, we examine responses of different cell types, excitatory pyramidal (Pyr) and inhibitory parvalbumin-expressing (PV) neurons, to pure and modulated sinusoids, in intact network as well as in isolation. In intact network, we present data showing that PV neurons are much less likely than Pyr neurons to exhibit TI stimulation. Remarkably, in isolation, our data shows that almost all Pyr neurons stop exhibiting TI stimulation. We conclude that TI stimulation is largely a network phenomenon. Indeed, PV neurons actively inhibit Pyr neurons in the off-target regions due to pure sinusoids (in off-target regions) generating much higher PV firing rates than modulated sinusoids in the target regions. Additionally, we use computational studies to support and extend our experimental observations.

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NeuronsAction PotentialsAnimalsCerebral CortexMaleMiceModels, NeurologicalParvalbuminsPyramidal CellsParvalbumins

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PMID39223260
PMCPMC11369164

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