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| Title |
The impact of repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation coil positioning and stimulation parameters on human language function
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| Published in |
European Journal of Medical Research, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40001-015-0138-0 |
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| Authors |
Nico Sollmann, Sebastian Ille, Thomas Obermueller, Chiara Negwer, Florian Ringel, Bernhard Meyer, Sandro M Krieg |
| Abstract |
Repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in combination with object naming is able to elicit naming errors by stimulating language-related brain regions. However, stimulation results mainly depend on coil positioning and stimulation parameters, which have not been investigated since the implementation of neuronavigation to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Therefore, the following three parameters were systematically examined in the present study: coil angulation, stimulation frequency, and stimulation intensity. Five healthy, right-handed subjects underwent rTMS language mapping of Broca's as well as Wernicke's areas of the left hemisphere. During mapping sessions, coil angulation was changed clockwise in 45° steps, and the stimulation frequency and intensity were varied within a considerably wide range. For angulation, the anterior-posterior (ap) coil orientation was used as reference position. An angulation of 90° to ap coil orientation led to the highest rate of naming errors within Broca's area, whereas an inhomogeneous distribution of angulations was observed during stimulation of Wernicke's area. Therefore, ap coil orientation, which is regarded as standard in rTMS language mapping, could not be approved as the optimal position. With regard to stimulation parameters, 20 Hz and 120% of the resting motor threshold (RMT) were defined as optimal. Coil angulation, stimulation frequency, and stimulation intensity have significant impacts on language impairment during rTMS mapping. The variation of only one of these parameters already leads to a clearer disruption of language performance. Therefore, individually adapted stimulation protocols have to be determined prior to language mapping in order to improve mapping results. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 83% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 12 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 8% |
| Professor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 10 | 19% |
| Psychology | 9 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 8% |
| Engineering | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 18 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 September 2015.
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