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| Title |
5 kHz Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation: Lack of Cortical Excitability Changes When Grouped in a Theta Burst Pattern
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00683 |
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| Authors |
Patrik Kunz, Andrea Antal, Manuel Hewitt, Andreas Neef, Alexander Opitz, Walter Paulus |
| Abstract |
Background: Suprathreshold transcranial single pulse electrical stimulation (tES) is painful and not applicable in a repetitive mode to induce plastic after-effects. Objective: In order to circumvent this pain problem, we applied here a 5 kHz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) theta burst protocol with a field intensity of up to 10 mA to the primary motor cortex (M1). Furthermore, we were interested in finding out whether electrical theta burst stimulation (eTBS) is able to induce lasting after-effects on cortical plasticity. Methods: Three different eTBS protocols were applied at 5 mA in a sham controlled, double blinded cross-over design on the M1 region of seventeen healthy subjects during the first part of the study. The second study part consists of three different eTBS protocols ranging from 5 mA to 10 mA and 1 ms to 5 ms sinusoidal bursts, applied to the M1 region of 14 healthy subjects. Results: We were able to apply all eTBS protocols in a safe manner, with only six subjects reporting mild side effects related to the stimulation. However, no eTBS protocol induced lasting effects on muscle- evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes when compared to sham stimulation. Significant inhibition of MEP amplitude was only seen in the lower intensity protocols as compared to baseline. Conclusion: eTBS is a safe method to apply high frequency tACS with up to 10 mA intensity. Future studies need to explore the parameter space to a larger extent in order to assure efficacy. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 11% |
| Brazil | 1 | 11% |
| Spain | 1 | 11% |
| Japan | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 89% |
| Scientists | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 79 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 25% |
| Researcher | 18 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Professor | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 13 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 22 | 28% |
| Psychology | 10 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 10% |
| Engineering | 6 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 22 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 16 January 2017.
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#119,035
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