Chronometric Interleaved TMS-fMRI shows State-dependent Network Effects underlying Speech Production

Maria Vasileiadi1, Anna-Lisa Schuler2, Michael Woletz1

  • 1Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Brain stimulation
|December 20, 2025
PubMed
まとめ

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) during speech's linguistic phase amplified brain activity, causing speech arrest. This challenges the "virtual lesion" model, showing state-dependent overactivation, not suppression.