Optimal number of pulses as outcome measures of neuronavigated transcranial magnetic stimulation

WH Chang, PJ Fried, S Saxena, A Jannati… - Clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Identify the optimal number of pulses necessary to achieve reliable measures of
motor evoked potentials (MEPs) in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability of motor evoked potentials induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation: The effects of initial motor evoked potentials removal

F Hashemirad, M Zoghi, PB Fitzgerald… - Basic and clinical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: Twenty-three healthy participants were recruited in this study. The stimulus
intensity was set at 120% of resting motor threshold (RMT) for one group while the stimulus …

Inter-and intra-individual variability of paired-pulse curves with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

F Maeda, M Gangitano, M Thall… - Clinical neurophysiology, 2002 - Elsevier
Objectives: Previous studies have evaluated the variability of motor thresholds (MTs) and
amplitude of motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) …

Impact of coil position and electrophysiological monitoring on determination of motor thresholds to transcranial magnetic stimulation

AB Conforto, WJ Z'Graggen, AS Kohl, KM Rösler… - Clinical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Objective: We compared motor and movement thresholds to transcranial magnetic
stimulation (TMS) in healthy subjects and investigated the effect of different coil positions on …

The effects of waveform and current direction on the efficacy and test–retest reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation

P Davila-Pérez, A Jannati, PJ Fried, JC Mazaira… - Neuroscience, 2018 - Elsevier
The pulse waveform and current direction of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
influence its interactions with the neural substrate; however, their role in the efficacy and …

Does second-scale intertrial interval affect motor evoked potentials induced by single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation?

P Julkunen, L Säisänen, T Hukkanen, N Danner… - Brain Stimulation, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a second-scale intertrial interval (ITI) of single-pulse
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) affects the measured amplitude of motor-evoked …

A comparison of relative-frequency and threshold-hunting methods to determine stimulus intensity in transcranial magnetic stimulation

BI Silbert, HI Patterson, DD Pevcic, KA Windnagel… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Stimulation intensity (SI) in transcranial magnetic stimulation is commonly set
in relation to motor threshold (MT), or to achieve a motor-evoked potential (MEP) of …

Impact of pulse duration in single pulse TMS

H Rothkegel, M Sommer, W Paulus, N Lang - Clinical neurophysiology, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The intensity of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is typically adjusted by
changing the amplitude of the induced electrical field, while its duration is fixed. Here we …

Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocols and outcome measures

F Farzan - Transcranial magnetic stimulation, 2014 - Springer
The integrity of the brain circuitries can be quantified through application of single pulse
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the cortex and concurrent recording of the …

The minimal number of TMS trials required for the reliable assessment of corticospinal excitability, short interval intracortical inhibition, and intracortical facilitation

M Biabani, M Farrell, M Zoghi, G Egan… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-induced motor evoked potentials (MEPs) are
frequently used to assess corticospinal and intercortical activities. Trial to trial variance of the …