More conditioning stimuli enhance synaptic plasticity in the human spinal cord

SC Fitzpatrick, BL Luu, JE Butler, JL Taylor - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To examine whether more paired corticospinal–motoneuronal stimulation (PCMS)
is more effective at inducing spinal level plasticity. Methods To produce facilitation …

High-intensity, low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation enhances excitability of the human corticospinal pathway

JM D'Amico, SC Dongés… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation (PCMS) is the repeated pairing of
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with peripheral nerve stimulation to modify …

The potential of corticospinal-motoneuronal plasticity for recovery after spinal cord injury

HJ Jo, MSA Richardson, M Oudega… - Current physical medicine …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review focuses on a relatively new neuromodulation
method where transcranial magnetic stimulation over the primary motor cortex is paired with …

Increased paired stimuli enhance corticospinal-motoneuronal plasticity in humans with spinal cord injury

FM Grover, B Chen, MA Perez - Journal of neurophysiology, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation (PCMS) has been used to enhance
corticospinal excitability and functional outcomes in humans with spinal cord injury (SCI) …

Involvement of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in plasticity induced by paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation in humans

SC Dongés, JM D'Amico, JE Butler… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Plasticity can be induced at human corticospinal-motoneuronal synapses by delivery of
repeated, paired stimuli to corticospinal axons and motoneurons in a technique called …

[HTML][HTML] Volitional muscle activity paired with transcranial magnetic stimulation increases corticospinal excitability

MA Edwardson, DH Avery, EE Fetz - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Studies of activity-dependent stimulation in non-human primates suggest that pairing each
instance of volitional muscle activity with immediate intracortical stimulation causes long …

Potentiating paired corticospinal-motoneuronal plasticity after spinal cord injury

KL Bunday, MA Urbin, MA Perez - Brain stimulation, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation (PCMS) increases corticospinal
transmission in humans with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted-plasticity in the corticospinal tract after human spinal cord injury

L Christiansen, MA Perez - Neurotherapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in impaired or absent sensorimotor function below the
level of the lesion. Recent electrophysiological studies in humans with chronic incomplete …

Transcranial direct current stimulation preconditioning modulates the effect of high‐frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the human motor cortex

G Cosentino, B Fierro, P Paladino… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental studies emphasize the importance of homeostatic plasticity as a mean of
stabilizing the properties of neural circuits. In the present work we combined two techniques …

Paired corticospinal-motoneuronal stimulation and exercise after spinal cord injury

HJ Jo, MSA Richardson, M Oudega… - The journal of spinal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Context Rehabilitation after spinal cord injury (SCI) relies on the use of exercise training,
which has limited functional gains. There is a need to develop more efficient approaches to …