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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) elicits variable corticospinal responses.
  • This variability offers insights into dynamic brain states and neural excitability.
  • Identifying these states is crucial for optimizing TMS applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To uncover spontaneously occurring cortical states that modulate corticospinal excitability.
  • To develop a method for analyzing neural activity related to TMS-induced excitability.
  • To investigate the relationship between pre-TMS electroencephalography (EEG) signals and motor cortex excitability.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized electroencephalography (EEG) recorded during TMS to capture fast neural dynamics.
  • Employed the analytic Common Spatial Patterns (aCSP) technique to derive excitability-related cortical activity from EEG.
  • Overcame spatial specificity limitations inherent in EEG analysis.

Main Results:

  • Alpha-band activity near the stimulated left motor cortex predicted high corticospinal excitability, suggesting a traveling wave phenomenon.
  • Alpha-band activity in medial parietal-occipital and frontal regions predicted low excitability.
  • Demonstrated a data-driven approach to identify network-level activity influencing TMS effects.

Conclusions:

  • Established a novel, assumption-free method for uncovering neural activity modulating TMS.
  • The approach is physiologically interpretable and applicable to both exploratory research and state-dependent stimulation.
  • This work enhances the understanding and application of TMS by accounting for dynamic brain states.