期刊
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 122, 期 11, 页码 2254-2259出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.02.038
关键词
Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Afferent stimulation; Conditioned H-reflex; Spinal associative stimulation
资金
- NIH [K24 RR018875]
- New York State Center of Research Excellence in Spinal Cord Injury [CO19772]
Objective: Repetitive, paired peripheral and transcranial stimulation targeting the cerebral cortex can increase cortical excitability, outlasting the stimulation period. It is unknown whether paired stimulation specifically targeting the spinal cord can modulate spinal excitability. We tested whether the H-reflex facilitation from a sub-threshold conditioning TMS pulse could modulate spinal excitability if delivered repetitively. Method: In 13 healthy subjects, we delivered single-pulse TMS (80% RMT) for the right soleus muscle, 20 ms prior to an electrical peripheral nerve stimulus delivered over the posterior tibial nerve on the same side at 0.1 Hz during 15 min. Results: PNS alone evoked an H-reflex of 0.25 mV +/- 0.06 SEM, while pairing of TMS and PNS facilitated the H-reflex to 0.7 +/- 0.11 mV. TMS-PNS pairs delivered at 0.1 Hz for 15 min progressively increased in the evoked response to similar to 130% (r(2) = 0.97) of the starting amplitude (normalized to 1st min). Post-intervention, H-reflex threshold decreased (pre = 12.9 +/- 1.7 mA; post = 11.6 +/- 1.6 mA; p = 0.04), as did the stimulus intensity at maximum H-reflex amplitude (pre = 23.5 +/- 02.8 mA; post = 21.6 +/- 2.6 mA; p = 0.03), and recruitment curve width (pre = 11.6 +/- 1.5 mA; post = 10.93 +/- 1.4 mA; p = 0.03). No such changes were observed with intervention of PNS or TMS alone. Conclusion: Paired stimulation targeting spinal facilitatory interactions, when applied repetitively, can increase spinal excitability during and after the intervention. Significance: Spinal associative stimulation may have potential for neuromodulation in spinal cord injury patients. (C) 2011 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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