Tankisi, H;
Howells, J;
Cengiz, B;
Samusyte, G;
Koltzenburg, M;
Bostock, H;
(2021)
Conventional and threshold-tracking transcranial magnetic stimulation tests for single-handed operation.
Journal of Visualized Experiments
, 2021
(174)
, Article e62787. 10.3791/62787.
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Abstract
Most single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) parameters (e.g., motor threshold, stimulus-response function, cortical silent period) are used to examine corticospinal excitability. Paired-pulse TMS paradigms (e.g., short-and long-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI/LICI), short-interval intracortical facilitation (SICF), and short-and long-latency afferent inhibition (SAI/LAI)) provide information about intracortical inhibitory and facilitatory networks. This has long been done by the conventional TMS method of measuring changes in the size of the motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) in response to stimuli of constant intensity. An alternative threshold-tracking approach has recently been introduced whereby the stimulus intensity for a target amplitude is tracked. The diagnostic utility of threshold-tracking SICI in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been shown in previous studies. However, threshold-tracking TMS has only been used in a few centers, in part due to the lack of readily available software but also perhaps due to uncertainty over its relationship to conventional single-and paired-pulse TMS measurements. A menu-driven suite of semi-automatic programs has been developed to facilitate the broader use of threshold-tracking TMS techniques and to enable direct comparisons with conventional amplitude measurements. These have been designed to control three types of magnetic stimulators and allow recording by a single operator of the common single-and paired-pulse TMS protocols. This paper shows how to record a number of single-and paired-pulse TMS protocols on healthy subjects and analyze the recordings. These TMS protocols are fast and easy to perform and can provide useful biomarkers in different neurological disorders, particularly neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Conventional and threshold-tracking transcranial magnetic stimulation tests for single-handed operation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3791/62787 |
| Publisher version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/62787 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2021 JoVE Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10134552 |
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