Motor potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation: interpreting a simple measure of a complex system

DA Spampinato, J Ibanez, L Rocchi… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non‐invasive technique that is increasingly
used to study the human brain. One of the principal outcome measures is the motor‐evoked …

The spectral features of EEG responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex depend on the amplitude of the motor evoked potentials

M Fecchio, A Pigorini, A Comanducci, S Sarasso… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the primary motor cortex (M1) can excite both
cortico-cortical and cortico-spinal axons resulting in TMS-evoked potentials (TEPs) and …

Phase and power modulations on the amplitude of TMS-induced motor evoked potentials

L Schilberg, S Ten Oever, T Schuhmann, AT Sack - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The evaluation of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-induced motor evoked potentials
(MEPs) promises valuable information about fundamental brain related mechanisms and …

Clinical value of the assessment of changes in MEP duration with voluntary contraction

M Brum, C Cabib, J Valls-Solé - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) gives rise to muscle responses, known as motor
evoked potentials (MEP), through activation of the motor pathways. Voluntary contraction …

Cortical brain states and corticospinal synchronization influence TMS-evoked motor potentials

J Keil, J Timm, I SanMiguel, H Schulz… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) influences cortical processes. Recent findings
indicate, however, that, in turn, the efficacy of TMS depends on the state of ongoing cortical …

The correspondence between EMG and EEG measures of changes in cortical excitability following transcranial magnetic stimulation

M Biabani, A Fornito, JP Coxon… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Key points TMS is commonly used to study excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmission in cortical
circuits. Changes in cortical excitability following TMS are typically measured from hand …

Phase of sensorimotor μ‐oscillation modulates cortical responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex

D Desideri, C Zrenner, U Ziemann… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Oscillatory brain activity coordinates the response of cortical neurons to synaptic
inputs in a phase‐dependent manner. Larger motor‐evoked responses are obtained in a …

The uses and interpretations of the motor-evoked potential for understanding behaviour

S Bestmann, JW Krakauer - Experimental brain research, 2015 - Springer
The motor-evoked potential (MEP) elicited in peripheral muscles by transcranial magnetic
stimulation (TMS) over human motor cortex is one of the hallmark measures for non-invasive …

What have we learned from “perturbing” the human cortical motor system with transcranial magnetic stimulation?

PA Chouinard, T Paus - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2010 - frontiersin.org
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we will review different approaches that one can
use with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to study both its effects on motor behavior …

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 …