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Spinal cord-evoked potentials and muscle responses evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation in 10 awake human subjects.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Houlden, David A. Schwartz, Michael L. Tator, Charles Ashby, Paul D. Mackay, William A. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TCMS) causes leg muscle contractions, but the neural structures in the brain that are activated by TCMS and their relationship to these leg muscle responses are not clearly understood. To elucidate this, we concomitantly recorded leg muscle responses and thoracic spinal cord-evoked potentials (SCEPs) after TCMS for the first time in 10 awake, neurologically intact human subjects. In this report we provide evidence of direct and indirect activation of corticospinal neurons after TCMS. In three subjects, SCEP threshold (T) stimulus intensities recruited both the D wave (direct activation of corticospinal neurons) and the first I wave (I1, indirect activation of corticospinal neurons). In one subject, the D, I1, and I2 waves were recruited simultaneously, and in another subject, the I1 and I2 waves were recruited simultaneously. In the remaining five subjects, only the I1 wave was recruited first. More waves were recruited as the stimulus intensity increased. The presence of D and I waves in all subjects at low stimulus intensities verified that TCMS directly and indirectly activated corticospinal neurons supplying the lower extremities. Leg muscle responses were usually contingent on the SCEP containing at least four waves (D, I1, I2, and I3). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 10024369 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jneurosci.org/content/jneuro/19/5/1855.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-05-01855.1999 |
| Journal | The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
