Paired Associative Stimulation of the Temporal Cortex: Effects on the Auditory Steady-State Response.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paired associative stimulation (PAS) is the repeated combination of a sensory stimulus with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in close temporal association. Recently, a study demonstrated that PAS of an auditory stimulus together with TMS of the temporal cortex is capable of changing the amplitude of auditory evoked potentials (AEP).

Objective

This study examined the influence of tone duration and habituation in temporal cortex PAS as elicited by 40 and 20 Hz amplitude modulated auditory steady-state responses (aSSR).

Methods

Eighteen subjects participated in two experiments, including two PAS protocols each, which consisted of 200 auditory stimuli (4 kHz) paired with temporal cortex TMS with an interstimulus interval (ISI) of 45 ms between tone onset

SUBMITTER: Engel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682298 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature