Boosting the LTP-like plasticity effect of intermittent theta-burst stimulation using gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation

• Published in: Brain stimulation Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 734 - 742
• Main Authors: Guerra, Andrea, Suppa, Antonio, Bologna, Matteo, D'Onofrio, Valentina, Bianchini, Edoardo, Brown, Peter, Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo, Berardelli, Alfredo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Evoked Potentials, Motor; Female; GABA-A; Gamma; Gamma Rhythm; Humans; Interneurons; Long-Term Potentiation; Male; Motor Cortex - physiology; Plasticity; tACS; Theta Rhythm; TMS; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - methods; Interneurons; M1; tACS; iTBS; Gamma; β; γ; GABA-A; tACST; Plasticity; RMT; SICI; TMS; TMST

Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) consists in delivering electric current to the brain using an oscillatory pattern that may entrain the rhythmic activity of cortical neurons. When delivered at gamma frequency, tACS modulates motor performance and GABA-A-ergic interneuron activity....