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Wei Y, Zhang W, Li Y, Liu X, Zha B, Hu S, Wang Y, Wang X, Yu X, Yang J, Qiu B. Acupuncture Treatment Decreased Temporal Variability of Dynamic Functional Connectivity in Chronic Tinnitus. Front Neurosci 2022; 15:737993. [PMID: 35153654 PMCID: PMC8835346 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.737993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Acupuncture is recommended for the relief of chronic tinnitus in traditional Chinese medicine, but the underlying neural mechanism remains unclear. The human brain is a dynamic system, and it’s unclear about acupuncture’s effects on the dynamic functional connectivity (DFC) of chronic tinnitus. Therefore, this study based on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) investigates abnormal DFC in chronic tinnitus patients and the neural activity change evoked by acupuncture treatment for tinnitus. In this study, 17 chronic tinnitus patients and 22 age- and sex-matched normal subjects were recruited, and their tinnitus-related scales and hearing levels were collected. The fMRI data were measured before and after acupuncture, and then sliding-window and k-means clustering methods were used to calculate DFC and perform clustering analysis, respectively. We found that, compared with the normal subjects, chronic tinnitus patients had higher temporal variability of DFC between the supplementary motor area and medial part of the superior frontal gyrus, and it positively correlated with hearing loss. Clustering analysis showed higher transition probability (TP) between connection states in chronic tinnitus patients, and it was positively correlated with tinnitus severity. Furthermore, the findings showed that acupuncture treatment might improve tinnitus. DFC between the posterior cingulate gyrus and angular gyrus in chronic tinnitus patients after acupuncture showed significantly decreased, and it positively correlated with the improvement of tinnitus. Clustering analysis showed that acupuncture treatment might promote chronic tinnitus patients under lower DFC state, and it also positively correlated with the improvement of tinnitus. This study suggests that acupuncture as an alternative therapy method might decrease the tinnitus severity by decreasing the time variability of DFC in chronic tinnitus patients.
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- Yarui Wei
- Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and the Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and the Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and the Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- School of Medical Information Engineering, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and the Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and the Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Xiaochun Yu,
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- Department of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
- Jun Yang,
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- Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and the Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- *Correspondence: Bensheng Qiu,
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Knipper M, Mazurek B, van Dijk P, Schulze H. Too Blind to See the Elephant? Why Neuroscientists Ought to Be Interested in Tinnitus. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2021; 22:609-621. [PMID: 34686939 PMCID: PMC8599745 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-021-00815-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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A curative therapy for tinnitus currently does not exist. One may actually exist but cannot currently be causally linked to tinnitus due to the lack of consistency of concepts about the neural correlate of tinnitus. Depending on predictions, these concepts would require either a suppression or enhancement of brain activity or an increase in inhibition or disinhibition. Although procedures with a potential to silence tinnitus may exist, the lack of rationale for their curative success hampers an optimization of therapeutic protocols. We discuss here six candidate contributors to tinnitus that have been suggested by a variety of scientific experts in the field and that were addressed in a virtual panel discussion at the ARO round table in February 2021. In this discussion, several potential tinnitus contributors were considered: (i) inhibitory circuits, (ii) attention, (iii) stress, (iv) unidentified sub-entities, (v) maladaptive information transmission, and (vi) minor cochlear deafferentation. Finally, (vii) some potential therapeutic approaches were discussed. The results of this discussion is reflected here in view of potential blind spots that may still remain and that have been ignored in most tinnitus literature. We strongly suggest to consider the high impact of connecting the controversial findings to unravel the whole complexity of the tinnitus phenomenon; an essential prerequisite for establishing suitable therapeutic approaches.
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- Marlies Knipper
- Molecular Physiology of Hearing, Tübingen Hearing Research Centre (THRC), Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 5, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Tinnitus Center Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Experimental Otolaryngology, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Waldstrasse 1, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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Lefaucheur JP, Aleman A, Baeken C, Benninger DH, Brunelin J, Di Lazzaro V, Filipović SR, Grefkes C, Hasan A, Hummel FC, Jääskeläinen SK, Langguth B, Leocani L, Londero A, Nardone R, Nguyen JP, Nyffeler T, Oliveira-Maia AJ, Oliviero A, Padberg F, Palm U, Paulus W, Poulet E, Quartarone A, Rachid F, Rektorová I, Rossi S, Sahlsten H, Schecklmann M, Szekely D, Ziemann U. Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018). Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:474-528. [PMID: 31901449 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 985] [Impact Index Per Article: 246.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
A group of European experts reappraised the guidelines on the therapeutic efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) previously published in 2014 [Lefaucheur et al., Clin Neurophysiol 2014;125:2150-206]. These updated recommendations take into account all rTMS publications, including data prior to 2014, as well as currently reviewed literature until the end of 2018. Level A evidence (definite efficacy) was reached for: high-frequency (HF) rTMS of the primary motor cortex (M1) contralateral to the painful side for neuropathic pain; HF-rTMS of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) using a figure-of-8 or a H1-coil for depression; low-frequency (LF) rTMS of contralesional M1 for hand motor recovery in the post-acute stage of stroke. Level B evidence (probable efficacy) was reached for: HF-rTMS of the left M1 or DLPFC for improving quality of life or pain, respectively, in fibromyalgia; HF-rTMS of bilateral M1 regions or the left DLPFC for improving motor impairment or depression, respectively, in Parkinson's disease; HF-rTMS of ipsilesional M1 for promoting motor recovery at the post-acute stage of stroke; intermittent theta burst stimulation targeted to the leg motor cortex for lower limb spasticity in multiple sclerosis; HF-rTMS of the right DLPFC in posttraumatic stress disorder; LF-rTMS of the right inferior frontal gyrus in chronic post-stroke non-fluent aphasia; LF-rTMS of the right DLPFC in depression; and bihemispheric stimulation of the DLPFC combining right-sided LF-rTMS (or continuous theta burst stimulation) and left-sided HF-rTMS (or intermittent theta burst stimulation) in depression. Level A/B evidence is not reached concerning efficacy of rTMS in any other condition. The current recommendations are based on the differences reached in therapeutic efficacy of real vs. sham rTMS protocols, replicated in a sufficient number of independent studies. This does not mean that the benefit produced by rTMS inevitably reaches a level of clinical relevance.
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- Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur
- ENT Team, EA4391, Faculty of Medicine, Paris Est Créteil University, Créteil, France; Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Henri Mondor Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital (UZBrussel), Brussels, Belgium; Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- PsyR2 Team, U1028, INSERM and UMR5292, CNRS, Center for Neuroscience Research of Lyon (CRNL), Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier, Lyon-1 University, Bron, France
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- Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neuroscience, Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurology, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine (INM3), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Defitech Chair in Clinical Neuroengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics (CNP) and Brain Mind Institute (BMI), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Defitech Chair in Clinical Neuroengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Valais and Clinique Romande de Réadaptation, Sion, Switzerland; Clinical Neuroscience, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation and Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), IRCCS San Raffaele, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Merano, Italy; Department of Neurology, Christian Doppler Medical Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; Karl Landsteiner Institut für Neurorehabilitation und Raumfahrtneurologie, Salzburg, Austria
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- Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Clinique Bretéché, ELSAN, Nantes, France; Multidisciplinary Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Center, UIC22-CAT2-EA3826, University Hospital, CHU Nord-Laënnec, Nantes, France
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- Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Perception and Eye Movement Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Neurocenter, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Champalimaud Research & Clinical Centre, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal; NOVA Medical School
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany; Medical Park Chiemseeblick, Bernau, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- PsyR2 Team, U1028, INSERM and UMR5292, CNRS, Center for Neuroscience Research of Lyon (CRNL), Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier, Lyon-1 University, Bron, France; Department of Emergency Psychiatry, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Groupement Hospitalier Centre, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Applied Neuroscience Research Group, Central European Institute of Technology, CEITEC MU, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; First Department of Neurology, St. Anne's University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Si-BIN Lab Human Physiology Section, Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- ENT Clinic, Mehiläinen and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Princess Grace Hospital, Monaco
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, and Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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Marques RC, Vieira L, Marques D, Cantilino A. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the medial prefrontal cortex for psychiatric disorders: a systematic review. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PSIQUIATRIA (SAO PAULO, BRAZIL : 1999) 2019; 41:447-457. [PMID: 31166547 PMCID: PMC6796817 DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is a highly connected cortical region that acts as a hub in major large-scale brain networks. Its dysfunction is associated with a number of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism, depression, substance use disorder (SUD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anxiety disorders. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) studies targeting the mPFC indicate that it may be a useful therapeutic resource in psychiatry due to its selective modulation of this area and connected regions. METHODS This review examines six mPFC rTMS trials selected from 697 initial search results. We discuss the main results, technical and methodological details, safety, tolerability, and localization strategies. RESULTS Six different protocols were identified, including inhibitory (1 Hz) and excitatory (5, 10, and 20 Hz) frequencies applied therapeutically to patient populations diagnosed with major depressive disorder, OCD, autistic spectrum disorder, SUD, specific phobia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the OCD and acrophobia trials, rTMS significantly reduced symptoms compared to placebo. CONCLUSION These protocols were considered safe and add interesting new evidence to the growing body of mPFC rTMS literature. However, the small number and low methodological quality of the studies indicate the need for further research.
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- Rodrigo C. Marques
- Departamento de Neuropsiquiatria, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Laboratório de Neurociência Aplicada, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
- Laboratório de Neurociência Aplicada, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Neuropsiquiatria, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neuropsiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Nordmann G, Azorina V, Langguth B, Schecklmann M. A systematic review of non-motor rTMS induced motor cortex plasticity. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:416. [PMID: 26257632 PMCID: PMC4508515 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Motor cortex excitability can be measured by single- and paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can induce neuroplastic effects in stimulated and in functionally connected cortical regions. Due to its ability to non-invasively modulate cortical activity, rTMS has been investigated for the treatment of various neurological and psychiatric disorders. However, such studies revealed a high variability of both clinical and neuronal effects induced by rTMS. In order to better elucidate this meta-plasticity, rTMS-induced changes in motor cortex excitability have been monitored in various studies in a pre-post stimulation design. Here, we give a literature review of studies investigating motor cortex excitability changes as a neuronal marker for rTMS effects over non-motor cortical areas. A systematic literature review in April 2014 resulted in 29 articles in which motor cortex excitability was assessed before and after rTMS over non-motor areas. The majority of the studies focused on the stimulation of one of three separate cortical areas: the prefrontal area (17 studies), the cerebellum (8 studies), or the temporal cortex (3 studies). One study assessed the effects of multi-site rTMS. Most studies investigated healthy controls but some also stimulated patients with neuropsychiatric conditions (e.g., affective disorders, tinnitus). Methods and findings of the identified studies were highly variable showing no clear systematic pattern of interaction of non-motor rTMS with measures of motor cortex excitability. Based on the available literature, the measurement of motor cortex excitability changes before and after non-motor rTMS has only limited value in the investigation of rTMS related meta-plasticity as a neuronal state or as a trait marker for neuropsychiatric diseases. Our results do not suggest that there are systematic alterations of cortical excitability changes during rTMS treatment, which calls into question the practice of re-adjusting the stimulation intensity according to the motor threshold over the course of the treatment.
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- Grégory Nordmann
- Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany ; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
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- Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany ; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg Regensburg, Germany
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