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Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type
Subthreshold continuous theta burst stimulation of the visual cortex has been reported to cause inhibitory effects on phosphene threshold. In contrast, we observed no inhibition in a former study applying higher stimulation intensities. The main discrepancies between our experiments and the former s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27459108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159743 |
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description | Subthreshold continuous theta burst stimulation of the visual cortex has been reported to cause inhibitory effects on phosphene threshold. In contrast, we observed no inhibition in a former study applying higher stimulation intensities. The main discrepancies between our experiments and the former studies were stimulation intensity and coil type. We aimed at investigating the role of these factors on the modulatory effects of continuous theta burst stimulation applied to the visual cortex. In a between-group-design, we used either a figure-of-eight-coil or a round coil, respectively. We measured phosphene thresholds prior and after continuous theta burst stimulation applied at 80% of individual phosphene threshold. With the figure-of-eight-coil, phosphene thresholds significantly decreased following stimulation. This is in line with the results of our former study but contrary to the increase observed in the other two studies. Using a round coil, no significant effect was observed. A correlation analysis revealed an inhibitory effect in subjects with higher phosphene thresholds only. Furthermore, the slope of the baseline phosphene threshold seems to predict the direction of modulation, independent from coil type. Thus, modulatory effects of continuous theta burst stimulation seem to depend on coil type and psychophysics parameters, probably due to different cortex volumes stimulated. Stochastic resonance phenomena might account for the differences observed. |
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spelling | pubmed-49614482016-08-08 Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type Brückner, Sabrina Kammer, Thomas PLoS One Research Article Subthreshold continuous theta burst stimulation of the visual cortex has been reported to cause inhibitory effects on phosphene threshold. In contrast, we observed no inhibition in a former study applying higher stimulation intensities. The main discrepancies between our experiments and the former studies were stimulation intensity and coil type. We aimed at investigating the role of these factors on the modulatory effects of continuous theta burst stimulation applied to the visual cortex. In a between-group-design, we used either a figure-of-eight-coil or a round coil, respectively. We measured phosphene thresholds prior and after continuous theta burst stimulation applied at 80% of individual phosphene threshold. With the figure-of-eight-coil, phosphene thresholds significantly decreased following stimulation. This is in line with the results of our former study but contrary to the increase observed in the other two studies. Using a round coil, no significant effect was observed. A correlation analysis revealed an inhibitory effect in subjects with higher phosphene thresholds only. Furthermore, the slope of the baseline phosphene threshold seems to predict the direction of modulation, independent from coil type. Thus, modulatory effects of continuous theta burst stimulation seem to depend on coil type and psychophysics parameters, probably due to different cortex volumes stimulated. Stochastic resonance phenomena might account for the differences observed. Public Library of Science 2016-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4961448/ /pubmed/27459108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159743 Text en © 2016 Brückner, Kammer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Brückner, Sabrina Kammer, Thomas Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type |
title | Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type |
title_full | Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type |
title_fullStr | Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type |
title_full_unstemmed | Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type |
title_short | Modulation of Visual Cortex Excitability by Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation Depends on Coil Type |
title_sort | modulation of visual cortex excitability by continuous theta burst stimulation depends on coil type |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27459108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159743 |
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