This is to provide an inventory of different stimulation algorithms with similar fundamental stimulation parameters (e.g., mean stimulation rates) but qualitatively different acute and/or long-lasting effects.
Learning rates were slightly larger during lateral stimulation versus no stimulation (mean lateral stimulation: 0.74, mean medial stimulation: 0.66, mean no stimulation: 0.63; Z = 2.0, p < 0.05, r = 0.50).
Including test sites based on individual fMRI data shifted the mean position of the IPS stimulation site only 4 mm posteriorly.
The 6 experimental runs that is, baseline and post-TMS performance for each stimulation site (vertex, IFG, MTG lasted about 6 min each (mean = 5.97 min, SD = 0.46) and included 30 trials per condition.
In addition, the median value was considered for each scalp position: since four stimuli were delivered on each stimulation site, median value was the arithmetic mean in the case two MEPs were obtained, the unique central value in the case three MEPs were obtained, the arithmetic mean of the two central values after discarding the two extremes in case four MEPs were obtained.
The mean distance between the DUN and RMN at the palmar stimulation site was determined by dissection (1.2cm) and MRI (1.5cm).
Table 1 Latency of the masseter inhibitory reflex (mean ± SD) in 160 patients with iatrogenic damage to the mandibular nerves Stimulation site Affected Contralateral P* Inferior alveolar nerve (n = 125) 12.0 ± 1.3 11.3 ± 0.8 <0.0001 Lingual nerve (n = 51) 14.3 ± 2.6 12.9 ± 1.7 <0.0001 P* t test with Welch's correction.
The spatiotemporal sequence by which all stimulation sites are stimulated exactly once is called the stimulation site sequence, or briefly sequence.
Hence, a focal stimulation by means of TMS does not only alter connectivity of the region stimulated, but also of areas distant to the stimulation site.
For participants in the TBS groups, individual stimulation site and resting motor threshold were determined.
