CTBS delivered to the left somatosensory cortex changes its functional connectivity during rest.

ABSTRACT: The primary somatosensory cortex (SI) plays a critical role in somatosensation as well as in action performance and social cognition. Although the SI has been a major target of experimental and clinical research using non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), to date information on the effect of TMS over the SI on its resting-state functional connectivity is very scant. Here, we explored whether continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS), a repetitive TMS protocol, administered over the SI can change the functional connectivity of the brain at rest, as measured using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). In a randomized order on two different days we administered active TMS or sham TMS over the left SI. TMS was delivered off-line before scanning by means

SUBMITTER: Valchev N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4968652 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature