Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Tractography-based transcranial magnetic stimulation prediction using machine learning

This paper uses machine learning to predict TMS stimulation sites using tractography and myographic responses, showing improved performance in some subjects.

Rate of force development is correlated with corticospinal excitability during explosive voluntary contractions.

The paper correlates rate of torque development with corticospinal excitability during explosive contractions and finds MEP remains constant while silent period duration increases.

An artifact-robust framework for measuring tCS effects during stimulation

This paper introduces a method to measure tCS effects by comparing neural activity during simultaneous stimulation with predictions from linear superposition, finding phase-dependent interactions between tACS and visual flicker.

Predictive modeling of TMS-evoked responses: Unraveling instantaneous excitability states

The paper develops a method to predict TMS-evoked responses using pre-stimulus EEG features and finds that alpha, beta, and gamma oscillations correlate with TEP and MEP amplitudes.

Transcranial direct current stimulation of the supplementary motor area modulates behavioral and peripheral electrophysiological measures of motor preparation.

This study shows that anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the supplementary motor area reduces reaction times and increases movement velocities by modulating motor unit recruitment patterns.

Negative affective traits moderate transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects on memory

This study examines how negative affectivity traits moderate tDCS effects on working memory and associative memory in healthy adults.

An in vivo model for transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex in awake mice.

This study develops an in vivo mouse model of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the motor cortex and shows similar modulatory effects on cortical excitability as observed in human studies.

Personalized real-time inference of momentary excitability from human EEG

PRIME predicts cortical excitability from EEG in real-time, enabling personalized TMS interventions by adapting to individual brain states.

Musicianship and active musical engagement predict facilitation of auditory-motor plasticity: evidence from auditory-motor paired associative stimulation

This study shows that musical experience and active engagement predict differences in auditory-motor plasticity induced by paired associative stimulation.

Cardiac activity impacts spinal cord excitability. A Call to Return to the Roots

This study shows spinal cord excitability varies with the cardiac cycle phase, peaking in late diastole, contrasting with cortical excitability patterns.

Abnormal mu rhythm state-related cortical and corticospinal responses in chronic stroke

This study examines phase-dependent motor cortex excitability in stroke survivors using EEG and TMS, finding similar patterns to healthy adults but with reduced phase preference in those with more severe motor symptoms.

Closed-loop beta stimulation enhances beta activity and motor behaviour

This study uses closed-loop tACS to enhance beta ERS during motor tasks, improving motor adaptation retention.

Dual transcranial electromagnetic stimulation of the precuneus boosts human long-term memory

This study shows that dual transcranial electromagnetic stimulation of the precuneus improves long-term associative memory in healthy volunteers, with effects lasting up to one week.

An investigation of the effects of α and β-frequency neural entrainment using tACS on phase-aligned TMS-evoked corticospinal excitability

This study investigates how aligning transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) phase affects corticospinal excitability, finding frequency-specific optimal phase angles for stimulation.

Target engagement in human motor cortex induced by constant sinusoidal and amplitude-modulated transcranial AC stimulation

This study compares the effects of sinusoidal and amplitude-modulated tACS on corticospinal excitability in human motor cortex, finding frequency-specific and temporally distinct effects.

Reactivation-coupled brain stimulation enables complete learning generalization

This study shows that combining reactivation-based learning with anodal tDCS in visual cortex enables complete learning generalization with fewer trials than conventional methods.

Noninvasive profiling of input-output excitability curves in human prefrontal cortex

This paper characterizes human prefrontal cortex excitability using noninvasive TMS and EEG, finding sigmoidal input-output curves in 57% of participants and strong correlations between TMS-evoked potentials and motor-evoked potentials.

Fast and standardized motor-hotspot determination with automated TMS mapping

This paper develops an automated algorithm for determining motor hotspots and thresholds in TMS, achieving faster and more accurate results than previous methods.

Connectivity between supplementary motor complex and primary motor cortex: a dual-coil paired-pulse TMS study

This study uses dual-coil paired-pulse TMS to show a spatially specific facilitatory connection between the supplementary motor complex and primary motor cortex in humans.

Improving peripheral reading with non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation of early visual areas

This study compares two tES protocols for improving peripheral visual word recognition and finds that tRNS but not tDCS enhances performance.

Plasticity of interhemispheric motor cortex connectivity induced by brain state-dependent cortico-cortical paired-associative stimulation

This study investigates how the phase of the ongoing micro-rhythm in motor cortices affects long-term changes in interhemispheric inhibition using cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation.

Temporal Interference Stimulation Can Enhance or Disrupt Human Memory Encoding as a Function of Brain Location and Frequency

This paper investigates how temporal interference stimulation affects memory encoding in humans, finding that different frequencies and brain targets can either enhance or impair recall.

Human single-neuron activity is modulated by intracranial theta burst stimulation of the basolateral amygdala

This study examines how theta burst stimulation of the basolateral amygdala modulates single-neuron activity in humans during a memory task, finding that ~30% of neurons show heterogeneous responses.

Accelerated rTMS for Enhancing Intact Cognition: An Examination of Dose Effects on Electrocortical Indicators of Attention and Working Memory

This study examines how different doses of rTMS affect cognitive performance and EEG markers of attention and working memory in non-clinical adults.

Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation can disrupt or reestablish neural entrainment in a primate model of Parkinson's disease

This study investigates how tACS affects neural entrainment in a primate model of Parkinson's disease, finding that it can both disrupt and reestablish beta-band oscillations depending on stimulation parameters.

Iron Metabolism and Antioxidant Defense: The Role of LI-rTMS in Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion

This study investigates how LI-rTMS affects iron metabolism and antioxidant defense in CIRI, finding it improves neuroprotection by regulating iron homeostasis and reducing oxidative stress.

A Pilot Study of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and the Right Teaching Parietal Junction

This study investigates the effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation on teaching abilities by targeting the right temporoparietal junction during a collaborative Lego building task.

Online HD-tRNS over the right temporoparietal junction modulates social inference but not motor coordination

This study uses HD-tRNS on the rTPJ to investigate its role in social inference during real-time interactions, finding no effect on motor coordination but progressive changes in perceived cooperativeness with repeated stimulation.

Carbonized rubber electrodes can cause a DC-offset in transcranial alternating current stimulation

This study shows that carbonized rubber electrodes in transcranial alternating current stimulation cause a measurable DC-offset, which can interfere with concurrent EEG recordings.

EFMouse: a toolbox to model stimulation-induced electric fields in the mouse brain

EFMouse models electric fields in the mouse brain during stimulation, enabling design and analysis of tES experiments with in-vivo validation.