Effect of transcranial static magnetic stimulation on intracortical excitability in the contralateral primary motor cortex

S Shibata, T Watanabe, Y Yukawa, M Minakuchi… - Neuroscience …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transcranial static magnetic stimulation (tSMS) is a new technique of non-invasive brain
stimulation using a small, high-powered neodymium magnet placed on the scalp. It can …

Changes in motor cortex excitability associated with temporal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in tinnitus: hints for cross-modal plasticity?

M Schecklmann, M Landgrebe, T Kleinjung, E Frank… - BMC neuroscience, 2014 - Springer
Background Motor cortex excitability was found to be changed after repetitive transcranial
magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the temporal cortex highlighting the occurrence of cross …

Reduced intracortical inhibition and facilitation in the primary motor tongue representation of adults who stutter

NE Neef, W Paulus, A Neef, AW von Gudenberg… - Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We aimed at detecting neurophysiological changes, in the primary motor
tongue representation in adults with persistent stuttering. METHODS: Using transcranial …

Impact of oral motor task training on corticomotor pathways and diadochokinetic rates in young healthy participants

N Boscato, H Hayakawa, T Iida… - Journal of Oral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Studies addressing the training‐induced neuroplasticity and interrelationships
of the lip, masseter, and tongue motor representations in the human motor cortex using …

Determining the optimal current direction of transcranial magnetic stimulation to induce motor responses in the tongue: a preliminary study of neurologically healthy …

BE Murdoch, CHS Barwood, JV Goozée… - Speech, Language …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To determine the optimal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coil direction for
inducing motor responses in the tongue in a group of non-neurologically impaired …

Handedness is mainly associated with an asymmetry of corticospinal excitability and not of transcallosal inhibition

L De Gennaro, R Cristiani, M Bertini, G Curcio… - Clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The study aims to compare transcallosal inhibition (TI), as assessed by the
paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) technique, in a sample of right-handed …

Pulse width biases the balance of excitation and inhibition recruited by transcranial magnetic stimulation

R Hannah, L Rocchi, S Tremblay… - … Clinical Research in …, 2020 - brainstimjrnl.com
A single transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) pulse is thought to recruit a mixture of
excitation and inhibition in human cortex. Therefore, both the assessment of cortical …

Tongue force training induces plasticity of the lingual motor cortex in young adult and aged rats

MJ Cullins, JM Wenninger, JS Cullen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tongue exercise programs are used clinically for dysphagia in aged individuals and have
been shown to improve lingual strength. However, the neural mechanisms of age-related …

GABA and cortical inhibition in motor and non-motor regions using combined TMS–EEG: A time analysis

PB Fitzgerald, JJ Maller, K Hoy, F Farzan… - Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The induction of long interval cortical inhibition (LICI) in motor cortex with
paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (ppTMS) is an established paradigm for the …

Induction of long-term plasticity in human swallowing motor cortex following repetitive cortical stimulation

D Gow, J Rothwell, A Hobson, D Thompson… - Clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Objective: The excitability of corticobulbar projections to swallowing musculature undergoes
remarkable long-term increases after short periods of pharyngeal stimulation. The aim of this …