Consensus: Motor cortex plasticity protocols

Ulf Ziemann; Walter Paulus; Michael A. Nitsche; Alvaro Pascual-Leone; Winston D. Byblow; Alfredo Berardelli; Hartwig R. Siebner; Joseph Classen; Leonardo G. Cohen; John C. Rothwell

doi:10.1016/j.brs.2008.06.006

Consensus: Motor cortex plasticity protocols

Ulf Ziemann, Walter Paulus, Michael A. Nitsche, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Winston D. Byblow, Alfredo Berardelli, Hartwig R. Siebner, Joseph Classen, Leonardo G. Cohen, John C. Rothwell

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	164-182
Number of pages	19
Journal	Brain Stimulation
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2008.06.006
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

human motor cortex
paired associative stimulation
theta burst stimulation
transcranial direct current stimulation
transcranial magnetic stimulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Neuroscience(all)
Biophysics
Medicine(all)

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