The influence of corticospinal activity on TMS-evoked activity and connectivity in healthy subjects: A TMS-EEG study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 4; p. e0174879
• Main Authors: Petrichella, Sara, Johnson, Nessa, He, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.04.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Amplitudes; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomedical engineering; Brain; Brain research; Causality; Computer engineering; Connectivity analysis; Cortex (motor); Cortex (somatosensory); EEG; Electroencephalography; Evoked potentials; Evoked Potentials, Motor; Excitability; Feedback; Female; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Magnetic brain stimulation; Magnetic fields; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Motor Cortex - physiology; Motor evoked potentials; Motor task performance; Muscles; Neural networks; Neuroimaging; Proprioception; Pyramidal tracts; Research and Analysis Methods; Sensorimotor integration; Somatosensory cortex; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Spinal Cord - physiology; Studies; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - methods; Young Adult; United States > US; Minnesota

Combined transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and electroencephalography (EEG) can be used to analyze cortical reactivity and connectivity. However, the effects of corticospinal and peripheral muscle activity on TMS-evoked potentials (TEPs) are not well understood. The aim of this paper is to eva...