Real-time EEG-defined excitability states determine efficacy of TMS-induced plasticity in human motor cortex

Rapidly changing excitability states in an oscillating neuronal network can explain response variability to external stimulation, but if repetitive stimulation of always the same high- or low-excitability state results in long-term plasticity of opposite direction has never been explored in vivo.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - November 23, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Christoph Zrenner, Debora Desideri, Paolo Belardinelli, Ulf Ziemann Source Type: research