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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 326-330Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200107000-00004
Keywords
rapid-rate transcranial. magnetic stimulation; stimulation parameters; speech; language; reaction time
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In previous studies it has been shown that picture-naming latencies can be facilitated with both suprathreshold single and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS/rTMS) over Wernicke's area. The aim of this study was to investigate whether low-frequency rTMS (1 Hz) or high-frequency rTMS (20 Hz) at subthreshold intensities is also capable of influencing picture naming. In 16 healthy right-hand male subjects, trains of I Hz or 20 Hz were applied over either Wernicke's area, Broca's area, or the primary visual cortex. The subjects had to name 20 black-and-white line drawings, which were shown immediately after rTMS and again 2 minutes later. Naming latency could be facilitated only immediately after Wernicke's area stimulation at a frequency of 20 Hz and at an intensity of 55% of the maximal stimulator output, which was more than the motor threshold. All other stimulation procedures failed to influence naming latencies. These results indicate that language functions can be facilitated in healthy subjects only by high-frequency rTMS with intensities at or above the motor threshold.
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