Transcranial alternating current stimulation in the low kHz range increases motor cortex excitability

L Chaieb, A Antal, W Paulus - Restorative neurology and …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
Purpose: External transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation techniques allow for the fast
induction of sustained and measurable changes in cortical excitability. Here we aim to …

Comparison of motor effects following subcortical electrical stimulation through electrodes in the globus pallidus internus and cortical transcranial magnetic stimulation

AA Kühn, SA Brandt, A Kupsch, T Trottenberg… - Experimental brain …, 2004 - Springer
Current concepts of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the primary motor cortex
are still under debate as to whether inhibitory motor effects are exclusively of cortical origin …

TMS stimulus–response asymmetry in left-and right-handed individuals

J Daligadu, B Murphy, J Brown, B Rae… - Experimental brain …, 2013 - Springer
There have been inconsistencies in the literature regarding asymmetrical neural control and
results of experiments using TMS techniques. Therefore, the aim of this study was to further …

Short-and intermediate-interval cortical inhibition and facilitation assessed by navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation

L Säisänen, P Julkunen, E Niskanen… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the behaviour of primary motor cortex and to determine
appropriate measurement parameters for short-interval cortical inhibition (SICI) and …

Role of the ipsilateral motor cortex in voluntary movement

R Chen, LG Cohen, M Hallett - Canadian Journal of Neurological …, 1997 - cambridge.org
The ipsilateral primary motor cortex (M1) plays a role in voluntary movement. In our studies,
we used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to study the effects of transient …

Investigating human motor control by transcranial magnetic stimulation

NT Petersen, HS Pyndt, JB Nielsen - Experimental brain research, 2003 - Springer
In this review we discuss the contribution of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the
understanding of human motor control. Compound motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) may …

The effects of transcranial stimulation on paretic lower limb motor excitability during walking

G Jayaram, JW Stinear - Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Balanced transcallosal inhibition sustains symmetrical corticomotor excitability and assists
the performance of bimanual voluntary movements. After stroke, transcallosal inhibition …

Topography of fibers in the human corpus callosum mediating interhemispheric inhibition between the motor cortices

BU Meyer, S Röricht, C Woiciechowsky - Annals of neurology, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
In 1 split‐brain patient and 13 patients with circumscript surgical lesions within different parts
of the corpus callosum (CC), the topography of fibers within the CC mediating an …

Focal and bidirectional modulation of lower limb motor cortex using anodal transcranial direct current stimulation

S Madhavan, JW Stinear - Brain stimulation, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Because we are interested in noninvasive transcranial brain stimulation as
an adjuvant to poststroke walking therapy, we applied transcranial direct current stimulation …

Interactions between short‐interval intracortical inhibition and short‐latency afferent inhibition in human motor cortex

H Alle, T Heidegger, L Kriváneková… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) allows the testing of various inhibitory processes in
human motor cortex. Here we aimed at gaining more insight into the underlying physiology …