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 …

Minimum number of trials required for within-and between-session reliability of TMS measures of corticospinal excitability

MR Goldsworthy, B Hordacre, MC Ridding - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-elicited motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) exhibit
considerable trial-to-trial variability, potentially reducing the sensitivity and reproducibility of …

The effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation test intensity on the amplitude, variability and reliability of motor evoked potentials

M Pellegrini, M Zoghi, S Jaberzadeh - Brain Research, 2018 - Elsevier
High degrees of variability reported in Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) assessment
of corticospinal excitability (CSE) highlight the need to investigate its reliability as an …

Optimization of the transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol by defining a reliable estimate for corticospinal excitability

K Cuypers, H Thijs, RLJ Meesen - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The goal of this study was to optimize the transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocol
for acquiring a reliable estimate of corticospinal excitability (CSE) using single-pulse TMS …

Assessment of cortical excitability using threshold tracking techniques

S Vucic, J Howells, L Trevillion… - Muscle & Nerve: Official …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional paired‐pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) techniques of assessing
cortical excitability are limited by fluctuations in the motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude …

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 …

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) …

The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on corticospinal and cortico-cortical excitability and response variability: conventional versus high-definition …

M Pellegrini, M Zoghi, S Jaberzadeh - Neuroscience Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Response variability following transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) highlights need
for exploring different tDCS electrode montages. Corticospinal excitability (CSE), cortico …

The routine circular coil is reliable in paired-TMS studies

RAB Badawy, R Tarletti, M Mula, C Varrasi… - Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Motor cortex excitability can be measured by transcranial magnetic stimulation
(TMS) using different coil types, but paired-TMS was originally devised with a figure-of-eight …

Inter-session reliability of short-interval intracortical inhibition measured by threshold tracking TMS

JM Matamala, J Howells, T Dharmadasa, T Trinh… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) using fixed test stimuli suffers from
marked variability of the motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude. Threshold tracking TMS …