Intensity-Dependent Effects of Low-Frequency Subthreshold rTMS on Primary Motor Cortex Excitability and Interhemispheric Inhibition in Elderly Participants: A Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) protocols targeting primary motor cortex (M1) are used in rehabilitation of neurological diseases for their therapeutic potential, safety, and tolerability. Although lower intensity LF-rTMS can modulate M1 neurophysiology, results are variable, and a systematic assessment of its dose effect is lacking.

Objectives

To determine the dose-response of LF-rTMS on stimulated and non-stimulated M1.

Methods

In a sham-controlled randomized double-blind crossover study the effect of LF-TMS protocols were determined in 20 right-handed older healthy participants. In 3 sessions, 1 Hz rTMS at 80% (rTMS₈₀), 90% (rTMS₉₀) of motor threshold or sham stimulation were applied to left uppe

SUBMITTER: Wischnewski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12077577 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature