期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
卷 162, 期 1-2, 页码 309-313出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.01.021
关键词
motor cortex; threshold detection; current direction; principal component analysis; transcranial magnetic stimulation
资金
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
We evaluated inter-individual variability in optimal current direction for biphasic transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the motor cortex. Motor threshold for first dorsal interosseus was detected visually at eight coil orientations in 45 degrees increments. Each participant (n = 13) completed two experimental sessions. One participant with low test-retest correlation (Pearson's r < 0.5) was excluded. In four subjects, visual detection of motor threshold was compared to EMG detection; motor thresholds were very similar and highly correlated (0.94-0.99). Similar with previous studies, stimulation in the majority of participants was most effective when the first current pulse flowed towards posterolateral in the brain. However, in four participants, the optimal coil orientation deviated from this pattern. A principal component analysis using all eight orientations suggests that in our sample the optimal orientation of current direction was normally distributed around the postero-lateral orientation with a range of 63 degrees (S.D. = 13.70 degrees). Whenever the intensity of stimulation at the target site is calculated as a percentage from the motor threshold, in order to minimize intensity and side-effects it may be worthwhile to check whether rotating the coil 45 degrees from the traditional posterior-lateral orientation decreases motor threshold. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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