Development and positioning reliability of a TMS coil holder for headache research.

A new hardware-software coil positioning system for interleaved TMS/fMRI: A motor cortex stimulation study

Interleaved TMS/fMRI is a promising technique to study connectivity between brain areas. Functional connectivity can be assessed by targeting a cortical area-of-interest using TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) and directly monitoring the effects on local and remote BOLD activity by means of fMRI. An important practical challenge is the accurate positioning of the coil inside the MRI scann...

A Triangulation-Based MRI-Guided Method for TMS Coil Positioning

A novel coil array for combined TMS/fMRI experiments at 3 T.

PURPOSE To overcome current limitations in combined transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies by employing a dedicated coil array design for 3 Tesla. METHODS The state-of-the-art setup for concurrent TMS/fMRI is to use a large birdcage head coil, with the TMS between the subject's head and the MR coil. This setup has drawbacks in sensitiv...

Comparative incidence rates of mild adverse effects to transcranial magnetic stimulation.

OBJECTIVES Past research has largely neglected to investigate mild adverse effects (MAEs) to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), including headache and nausea. Here we explored the relationship between MAEs, participant characteristics (age and gender) and protocol parameters, including mode of application, coil geometry, stimulated brain region, TMS frequency, TMS intensity, and active vs...

Advancing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Methods for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: An Open-Label Study of Paired Theta Burst and High-Frequency Stimulation.

INTRODUCTION Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a rare and severe chronic pain condition, often responds poorly to existing treatments. Previous studies demonstrated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) provided short-term pain relief for upper extremity CRPS. METHODS Building on previous methodologies, we employed a TMS protocol that may lead to significant pain relief for upper and l...