Assessment of the effect of continuous theta burst stimulation of the motor cortex on manual dexterity in non‐human primates in a direct comparison with invasive intracortical pharmacological inactivation

• Published in: The European journal of neuroscience Vol. 50; no. 10; pp. 3599 - 3613
• Main Authors: Roux, Camille, Kaeser, Mélanie, Savidan, Julie, Fregosi, Michela, Rouiller, Eric M., Schmidlin, Eric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Achievement tests; Animal models; continuous theta burst stimulation; Cortex (motor); cortical plasticity; Excitability; Gloves; Grasping; manual dexterity; Motor ability; motor cortex; Motor task performance; Muscimol; non‐human primate; Recovery of function; transient inactivation; γ-Aminobutyric acid; cortical plasticity; manual dexterity; continuous theta burst stimulation; transient inactivation; motor cortex; non-human primate

Non‐invasive reversible perturbation techniques of brain output such as continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), commonly used to modulate cortical excitability in humans, allow investigation of possible roles in functional recovery played by distinct intact cortical areas following stroke. To eva...