Ten years of theta burst stimulation in humans: established knowledge, unknowns and prospects

A Suppa, YZ Huang, K Funke, MC Ridding, B Cheeran… - Brain stimulation, 2016 - Elsevier
Background/objectives Over the last ten years, an increasing number of authors have used
the theta burst stimulation (TBS) protocol to investigate long-term potentiation (LTP) and …

Inter-individual variability in tDCS effects: a narrative review on the contribution of stable, variable, and contextual factors

A Vergallito, S Feroldi, A Pisoni, LJ Romero Lauro - Brain sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to its safety, portability, and cheapness, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
use largely increased in research and clinical settings. Despite tDCS's wide application …

Motor control and aging: links to age-related brain structural, functional, and biochemical effects

RD Seidler, JA Bernard, TB Burutolu, BW Fling… - Neuroscience & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Although connections between cognitive deficits and age-associated brain differences have
been elucidated, relationships with motor performance are less well understood. Here, we …

Determinants of the induction of cortical plasticity by non‐invasive brain stimulation in healthy subjects

MC Ridding, U Ziemann - The Journal of physiology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to induce cortical plasticity with non‐invasive brain stimulation (NBS) techniques
has provided novel and exciting opportunities for examining the role of the human cortex …

Physiology of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human brain

JM Hoogendam, GMJ Ramakers, V Di Lazzaro - Brain stimulation, 2010 - Elsevier
During the last two decades, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has rapidly become a
valuable method to investigate noninvasively the human brain. In addition, repetitive TMS …

Use of theta-burst stimulation in changing excitability of motor cortex: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SW Chung, AT Hill, NC Rogasch, KE Hoy… - Neuroscience & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Noninvasive brain stimulation has been demonstrated to modulate cortical activity in
humans. In particular, theta burst stimulation (TBS) has gained notable attention due to its …

Consensus: motor cortex plasticity protocols

U Ziemann, W Paulus, MA Nitsche, A Pascual-Leone… - Brain stimulation, 2008 - Elsevier
Noninvasive transcranial stimulation is being increasingly used by clinicians and
neuroscientists to alter deliberately the status of the human brain. Important applications are …

Variability in non-invasive brain stimulation studies: Reasons and results

A Guerra, V López-Alonso, B Cheeran, A Suppa - Neuroscience letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (NIBS), such as Theta Burst Stimulation (TBS),
Paired Associative Stimulation (PAS) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), are …

Modulation of cortical excitability induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: influence of timing and geometrical parameters and underlying mechanisms

GS Pell, Y Roth, A Zangen - Progress in neurobiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that
activates neurons via generation of brief pulses of high-intensity magnetic field. If these …

Interindividual variability and age-dependency of motor cortical plasticity induced by paired associative stimulation

JFM Müller-Dahlhaus, Y Orekhov, Y Liu… - Experimental brain …, 2008 - Springer
Paired associative stimulation (PAS) can increase motor cortical excitability, possibly by long-
term potentiation (LTP)-like mechanisms. As the capability of the cortex for plasticity …