A fairly comprehensive survey is offered of the effects which cortical and sub-cortical electrical stimulation have on language and speech. A survey is also given of the verbal consequences of resections or coagulations which generally follow electrical stimulation.

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex (rTMS) can be used to modify motor cortical excitability in human subjects. At stimulus intensities near to or above resting motor threshold, low-frequency rTMS (approximately 1 Hz) decreases motor cortical excitability, whereas high-frequency rTMS (5-20 Hz) can increase excitability. We investigated the effect of 10 min of interm...

We investigated the role of glutamate N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the analgesic effects induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). In a randomized, double-blind, crossover study, we compared the effects of ketamine and placebo on the analgesic effects of motor cortex (M1) or dorsolateral prefrontal cortex/premotor cortex (DLPFC/PMC) stimulation. Three groups of...

Abstract Different cortical regions respond with distinct rhythmic patterns of neural oscillations to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). We investigated natural frequencies induced by TMS in left and right homologous dorsolateral prefrontal cortices (DLPFC) related hemispheric differences. In 12 healthy young adults, single-pulse was delivered different blocks close F3 F4 channels target ...

Noninvasive stimulation can alter the function of brain networks, although the duration of neuroplastic changes are uncertain and likely vary for different networks and stimulation parameters. We have previously shown that multiple-day repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation can influence targeted hippocampal-cortical networks, producing increased functional MRI connectivity of these netwo...

OBJECTIVE In a previous transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) study we demonstrated that suprathreshold mesh-glove (MG) whole-hand stimulation elicits lasting changes in motor cortical excitability. Currently, there is no consensus with regard to the optimal parameters for the induction of sensorimotor cortical plasticity using peripheral electrical stimulation. Thus, in the present study we ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the suppressive effect of electric cortical stimulation upon the seizure onset zone and the non-epileptic cortex covered by subdural electrodes in patients with neocortical epilepsy and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). METHODS Four patients with medically intractable focal epilepsy had implanted subdural electrodes for preoperative evaluation. Cortical functional ma...