Motor potentials evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation: interpreting a simple measure of a complex system.


Journal

The Journal of physiology
ISSN: 1469-7793
Titre abrégé: J Physiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0266262

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Historique:
received: 31 08 2022
accepted: 18 05 2023
medline: 17 7 2023
pubmed: 31 5 2023
entrez: 31 5 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive technique that is increasingly used to study the human brain. One of the principal outcome measures is the motor-evoked potential (MEP) elicited in a muscle following TMS over the primary motor cortex (M1), where it is used to estimate changes in corticospinal excitability. However, multiple elements play a role in MEP generation, so even apparently simple measures such as peak-to-peak amplitude have a complex interpretation. Here, we summarize what is currently known regarding the neural pathways and circuits that contribute to the MEP and discuss the factors that should be considered when interpreting MEP amplitude measured at rest in the context of motor processing and patients with neurological conditions. In the last part of this work, we also discuss how emerging technological approaches can be combined with TMS to improve our understanding of neural substrates that can influence MEPs. Overall, this review aims to highlight the capabilities and limitations of TMS that are important to recognize when attempting to disentangle sources that contribute to the physiological state-related changes in corticomotor excitability.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37254441
doi: 10.1113/JP281885
doi:

Types de publication

Review Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2827-2851

Subventions

Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MR/P006671/1
Pays : United Kingdom

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Physiological Society.

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Auteurs

Danny Adrian Spampinato (DA)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, University College London, London, UK.
Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.

Jaime Ibanez (J)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, University College London, London, UK.
BSICoS group, I3A Institute and IIS Aragón, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Department of Bioengineering, Centre for Neurotechnologies, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Lorenzo Rocchi (L)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, University College London, London, UK.
Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

John Rothwell (J)

Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, University College London, London, UK.

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