TY - JOUR
T1 - Consensus
T2 - Motor cortex plasticity protocols
AU - Ziemann, Ulf
AU - Paulus, Walter
AU - Nitsche, Michael A.
AU - Pascual-Leone, Alvaro
AU - Byblow, Winston D.
AU - Berardelli, Alfredo
AU - Siebner, Hartwig R.
AU - Classen, Joseph
AU - Cohen, Leonardo G.
AU - Rothwell, John C.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Summary: Noninvasive transcranial stimulation is being increasingly used by clinicians and neuroscientists to alter deliberately the status of the human brain. Important applications are the induction of virtual lesions (for example, transient dysfunction) to identify the importance of the stimulated brain network for a certain sensorimotor or cognitive task, and the induction of changes in neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity or behavioral function outlasting the stimulation, for example, for therapeutic purposes. The aim of this article is to review critically the properties of the different currently used stimulation protocols, including a focus on their particular strengths and weaknesses, to facilitate their appropriate and conscientious application.
AB - Summary: Noninvasive transcranial stimulation is being increasingly used by clinicians and neuroscientists to alter deliberately the status of the human brain. Important applications are the induction of virtual lesions (for example, transient dysfunction) to identify the importance of the stimulated brain network for a certain sensorimotor or cognitive task, and the induction of changes in neuronal excitability, synaptic plasticity or behavioral function outlasting the stimulation, for example, for therapeutic purposes. The aim of this article is to review critically the properties of the different currently used stimulation protocols, including a focus on their particular strengths and weaknesses, to facilitate their appropriate and conscientious application.
KW - human motor cortex
KW - paired associative stimulation
KW - theta burst stimulation
KW - transcranial direct current stimulation
KW - transcranial magnetic stimulation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.brs.2008.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.brs.2008.06.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 20633383
AN - SCOPUS:49649113917
VL - 1
SP - 164
EP - 182
JO - Brain Stimulation
JF - Brain Stimulation
SN - 1935-861X
IS - 3
ER -