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6 Discussion
6.1 SINGLE STUDY DISCUSSION
6.1.1 StudiesIandIV
MotorcortexexcitabilityisincreasedinAlzheimer’sdiseaseandthecentreofgravity
ofmotorcorticaloutput,asrepresentedbyexcitablescalpsites,showsafrontalandmedial
shift,withoutcorrelatedchangesinthesiteofmaximalexcitability(hotspot;StudyI ).
Motorprogrammingandexecutionisbasedonadistributednetworkwithreplicated
topographicorganizationofthesamebodydistrict(particularlyforhandandfinger
control)ashasbeenconsideredofimportanceinmotorlearningandinfunctionalrecovery
afterpartiallesionsofthemotorbraincenters(RossiniandPauri,2000;Hallettetal.,2000).
Higherexcitabilityandfronto‐medial‘migration’ofth
eexcitablemotorareascouldbe
explainedbyneuronalreorganization,possiblyincludingthedysregulationofthe
inhibitoryfrontalcenters(the‘suppressory’motorcortexorarea4S)andtheirintegration
inthedistributedexcitatorynetworksubtendingmotoroutput.Ononehandfronto‐
temporalmigrationofthecentreofgravitydoesnotappeartoreflecttissueretractiondue
tobrainatrophy;ifthiswerethecase,thehotspotshouldhav
eshiftedinasimilarway
withoutanydissociationfromthecentreofthemap.Thismayindicatefunctional
reorganization,possiblyaftertheneuronallossinmotorareas.Ontheotherhand,
hyperexcitabilitymightbecausedbyadysregulationoftheintracorticalGABAergic
inhibitorycircuitriesandselectivealterationofglutamatergicneurotransmission(Franciset
al.,1993;Masliahetal.,1996).Thechangecouldbeinterpretedasacompensatory
mechanismallowingthepreservationofmotorprogrammingandexecutionoveralong
perioddespitediseaseprogression.
Whenevaluatedduringlong‐termAChEItherapy(StudyIV),thebrain
hyperexcitabilitypatternwasunchangedinasubsetof10patientsfromStudyIan
dtheir
cognitiveperformanceattheMMSEwasalsostabilized,onthebasisoftheexpected
minimumannualrateofdeclineoftheMMSEscore(Nobilietal.,2002).Althoughthe
questionofwhetherTMScanbeusedtomonitorAlzheimer’sdiseaseprogressionand
responsetotreatmentcannotbeconclusi
velyaddressedbythisstudyastherewasno
changeinanyoftheparametersanalyzedandtherewasnocontrolgroup,thishypothesis
issupportedbypreviousexperimentsusingtheevaluationofSAI(shortlatencyafferent
inhibition;DiLazzaroetal.,2005b)andwecansupposethatTMScouldbehelpfulin
reducinginter‐individualvariabilityandachievingamoredirectmeasureofdisease
progression.Thereisincreasingevidence(Alagonaetal.,2001;DiLazzaroetal.,2002b;
Pennisietal.,2002) that,togetherwithclinical,neuropsychologicalandneuroimagingdata,
TMScouldbeausefulnoninvasive,low‐costandrepeatablemeasureofbiological
progressioninAD,andthatitmaybeusedintheclinicalsettingtoimprovediagnostic
powerandtomonitorandpredicttheeffectoftherapy(forexample,toseewhethera
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patient’spre‐therapycorticalhyperexcitabilitychangesafterbeingstartedondrugs,and
furtherdeterminingwhetheroverthelongtermanychangebetweenthepre‐ andpost‐
TMSactuallypredictstability).Therefore,thepotentialclinicalvalueoftheTMSevaluation
ofmotorcortexexcitabilityinADisworthyoffurtherattention,andlongitudinalstudies
withlargernumberofpatientsshouldbeplannedtosubstantiatethesehypotheses.
6.1.2 StudyII
EMFsexposurewasabletotransientlyincreasecorticalexcitabilityinhealthyand
youngadults,withSICIbeingreducedandICFenhancedintheacutelyexposed
hemispherecomparedwiththecontralateralnon‐exposedhemisphereortoshamexposure
withoutanythermaleffect.Thismonohemispherichyperexcitabilitymightdependon
decreasedGABAA‐mediatedinhibitionorincreasedNMDA‐mediatedexcitatoryactivity
(Ziemannetal.,1998)orboth.Suchadisruptioninneurotransmitterbalanceleadingto
hyperexcitabilitymayalsobeassociatedwiththemonohemisphericincreaseinregional
cerebralbloodflowasactuallyobservedvianeurometabolicmeasurementsduringGSM
mobilephoneutilization(Huberetal.,2000;Volkowetal.,2011).Neuronal
hyperexcitabilityisconsideredtoplayaroleinpromotingcorticalplasticity,eitherofthe
adaptiveormaladaptivekind,withpotentialoppositeeffectsonfunctionalrecovery,both
inhealthypeopleandinneurologicaldiseases(Chenetal.,1998;Ferrerietal.,2003,Study
I).Modificationsofcorticalexcitabilityasshowninthisreportshouldthereforeberegarded
withinterestbecauseitistheoreticallypossiblethatexposuretoEMFsmayprovideanew,
non‐invasivemethodformodifyingbrainfunctioning(Huberetal.,2000).Furtherstudies
areneededtobettercircumstantiatethefindingspresentedandtoprovidesaferulesforthe
useofthisincreasinglymorewidespreaddevice.
6.1.3 StudyIII
IthasbeensuggestedthatTMSonM1predominantlyaffectsthesiteofstimulation,
althoughitisknownthatM1receivesinputfrom,andprojectsoutputbilaterallytoprimary
motor,supplementarymotor,andsomatosensorycortices,andthethalamus.RecentNMD
andPETstudies‐whichhoweversufferfromapoortemporalresolution(forareviewsee
Bestmannetal.,2008)‐havedemonstratedsomespreadofactivationfromM1toremote
brainareas.Thepresentstudyaddsnewinsightsonthepreviouslydelineated(Komssiet
al.,2004)functionalbehaviourofthehumanbrainasinvestigatedbyEEGoscillations
evokedbyTMSonM1.Itcharacterizesinmoredetailstwofurtherearlyresponses‐N7and
P13‐previouslydescribedbyBonatoetal.,2006.Moreover,inferringfromtheexisting
literatureandfollowingM1anatomicalconnectivityaccordingtoanemergingprincipleof
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reciprocality(Matsumotoetal.,2007),wehaveextendedpreviousfindingsaboutthe
physiologyoftheearlyandlateEEG‐TMSresponses.Wehave alsodemonstratedthatEEG‐
ppTMS(Pausetal.,2001b)isapromisingtoolforcharacterizingtheneuronalcircuits
underlyinghumancorticaleffectiveconnectivityandtheneuralmechanismsregulatingthe
balancebetweeninhibitionandfacilitationwithinthecorticesandthecorticospinal
pathway.WehaveinfactprovedthatppTMSmodulatesMEPsandEEGearlyandlate
evokedresponses,andthatforsomepeakstheEEGvariabilityispartlylinkedwith‐and
thereforemightpartiallyexplain‐MEPs’variability,suggestingthatforsomeTMS‐induced
EEGpeaksthemeasuresofSICIandICFwouldbesomewhatrelatedtothesame
mechanismswhichmediateEMGmeasuresofSICIandICF.Additionally,itimpliesthat
intracorticalinhibitionandfacilitation,whichhithertocanonlybeindirectlydemonstrated
intheM1bymeasuringMEPamplitudemodulation,couldbedirectlyevaluatedvirtually
ineachcorticalareabymeasuringEEGbrainresponsestoppTMS(Daskalakisetal.,2008).
6.1.4 StudyV
Inthisstudyitwaspossibletoconfirmpreviousresultsshowingthattheelectrical
stimulationofperipheralnervecanmodulatetheexcitabilityofthecontra‐lateralmotor
cortexandthiseffecthasaspecifictimewindowwhenitispossibletoevokeitsclear‐cut
decrementasevaluablebytheinhibitionofMEPsamplitude(shortlatencyafferent
inhibition,SAI;Tokimuraetal.,2000;DiLazzaroetal.,2003b).Itwasalsopossibleto
demonstratethatthisexcitabilitydecrementisassociatetoattenuationofcorticalP60and
N100(Bikmullinaetal.,2009),aswellastomotorcortexbetarhythmselective
desynchronizationwithoutchangesinthebandamplitude.Theseobservationsindicatethat
themechanismsmediatingtheinhibitionofTMS‐evokedbrainmeasurescouldbeinsome
wayrelatedtothesamemechanismsmediatinginhibitionoftheEMGmeasures.Theyalso
stronglyconfirmthewidelyacceptedviewthatthisinhibitionhasalikelycortico‐thalamic
originandexertsitseffectsonthecorticospinalneuronsthroughcorticalinter‐neurons
modulation(Tokimuraetal.,2000;DiLazzaroetal.,2004;DiLazzaroetal.,2007)i.e.itis
affectedbytheactivityofinhibitoryorfacilitatorycircuitsintheM1aswellasbyth
e
influenceofothermotorrelatedbrainareas.
Inviewoftheseresult
s,whencombinedwiththoseofpreviousstudiesfromourown
(Ferrerietal.,2011a)andothergroups,itcanbehypothesizedthattheinhibitionofMEP,
P60andN100amplitudeaswellasbetarhythmde‐synchronizationinSAI,couldreflectan
imbalanceinGABA‐mediatedinhibitionontothecorticospinalneuronsmodulatedby
cholinergicactivation.Thispossibilityshouldbetakenintoseriousconsiderationbecausea
potentialinteractionbetweencholinergicandGabaergiccircuitsatseverallevelsinthe
humanbrainhasbeenpreliminarilysuggestedbysomeTMSobservations(Sangeretal.,
2001;Stefanetal.,2002;Ziemann2003;Chen2004;DiLazzaroetal.,2005c;Alleetal.,2009;
Udupaetal.,2009).Itisimportanttounderstandthefunctionalmodulationofcortical
inhibitor
ynetworkdynamicsbyneurotransmittersandpeptidesinordertoclarifythe
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physiologicalbasisofhumancerebralcortexfunctioning.Differentneurotransmitters
interactwithavarietyofreceptorswhoseactivationcanproducedifferenteffectsonthe
excitabilityofadiversegroupofcorticalneurons.Thisdifferentialmodulationof
subgroupsofinhibitoryinter‐neuronsbyascendingcholinergicorotherneurotransmitter
systemsisconsideredtorepresentabasisforfinecontroloffunctionalstateand
informationflowincorticalnetworks(Steriadeetal.,1993).Cholinergicsystemshavebeen
implicatedinseveralimportantbrainfunctions,includingcorticalarousal,sleep‐wake
cycles,visualinformationprocessing,learning,memory,andothercognitivefunctions(Di
Lazzaroetal.,2005a)sodetailedinformationabouttheeffectsofcholinergicinnervationon
thefunctioningofcorticalcircuitsisofextremeinterest.
6.2 GENERAL DISCUSSION
ThekeyfeatureofTMSisitsuniqueabilitytoprobechangesintheexcitability,
connectivityandglobalplasticityofintra‐corticalcircuitsinsomecortices(particularly
motorandvisualones)bothinhealthyandpathologicalhumanbrainsbymeansofa
painlessthoughnon‐physiologicallyinducedneuronalactivation(PostandKeck,2001;
HoffmanandCavus,2002;Komssietal.,2004;RossiniandRossi,2007).TMScanevenbe
usedtoinduceorguidemechanismsofacuteandmaybechroniccorticalplastic
reorganisation(PlatzandRothwell,2010).Mostoftheknowledgeabouttheinteraction
betweenmagneticstimuliandcerebralcortexhasbeenobtainedthroughstudiesthat
recordedMEPselicitedbysingleorpairedTMSonM1inbasalconditionsandafter
experimentalmanipulations(Ziemannetal.,1995;Ziemannetal.,1998;seeforexample
StudyII,Ferrerietal.,2006).MoreoverinthelasttwodecadesadvancesinTMSfunctional
mappingtechniques,offeringthepossibilitytofollowthetemporo‐spatialpatternsoflocal
anddistalplasticchangesinbrainfunction,haveprovidedasensitivemeansofidentifying
brainregionswhereregionalneuronalactivitycorrelateswithmotorperformanceand
behaviourinbothhealthyandinpathologicalconditions(suchasAlzheimer’sDisease;
StudyIFerrerietal.,2003andStudyIVFerrerietal.,2011b).
ForexamplecorticalmappingprocedureswithsingleTMSpulsesfocallyappliedon
severalscalppositionsoverlyingtheM1stronglydemonstrateinAlzheimer’sdiseasea
globalcorticalhyper‐excitability(StudyI,Ferrerietal.,2003;DiLazzaroetal.,2004)This
possiblyparallelscognitivestatus,andtogetherwithclinical,neuropsychologicaland
neuroimagingdatacouldbeameasureofbiologicaldiseaseprogression(DiLazzaroetal.,
2005b;StudyIV,Ferrerietal.,2011b).Corticalhyper‐excitabilityseemstooccur
independentlyofGABAergiccorticocorticalmechanismsdysfunction(DiLazzaroetal.,
2004;Pepinetal.,1999;Liepertetal.,2001).Ithasbeenrelatedtoanexcitatory
glutamatergicsystemdysfunctionalactivitystemmingfromanimbalancebetweennon‐
NMDAandNMDAneurotransmission(StudyI,Ferrerietal.,2003;DiLazzaroetal.,
2003a)inacomplexmosaicinvolvingseveralneurotransmittersystemsinseveralbrain
areas(Guerraetal.,2011).Thusmultiplelinesofevidencesuggesttha
tchangesin
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Acetylcholine(ACh)levelspositivelymodulateglutamatergicfunctioninanimalmodels
(Pfurtschelleretal.,1996)andmightinfluencetheexcitabilityofcorticalandhippocampal
glutamatergicnetworksinseveralways.Invitroandinvivomodelsshowthatnicotineand
othercholinergicagonistsenhanceglutamate‐dependentLTPviaanNMDA‐dependent
mechanism(FeigandLipton,1993),suggestingthatAChplaysaprominentroleon
neocortexexcitabilitythroughacomplexinteractionwithglutamatergicpathways(Veniero
etal.,2011).
Whilethesestudiescanhighlightthefunctionalinvolvementofcorticalareasinmotor
control,thevalueofTMSasaclinicaltoolispresentlyreducedbythepartialinsightsinto
itsmechanismsofaction‐asrevealedbyMEPmodulationstudies‐ andtheincomplete
knowledgeaboutitsneurobiologicaleffects(Guerraetal.,2011),particularlyconcerning
howthisnon‐physiologicalstimulationinteractswiththeintrinsicneuronalactivityinthe
humanbrain.Therearehypothesesaboutthekindsofinteraction,butsolidevidence
favouringonetheoryamongstothersisstilllacking:macroscopically,thelocusofbrain
activationisprobablywheretheinducedfieldismaximal(Kringsetal.,1997)but,
accordingtotheemergingprincipleofbrainconnectivity(Tononietal.,1994;Spornsetal.,
2004;Sporns,2011;Matsumotoetal.,2007),theexistenceofspatio‐temporalremote
activationsisnowclear(Bestmannetal.,2008).Duringlastdecadethepersistenceofsucha
doubtmotivatedtheuseofneuroimagingtechniquestoassessthelocalandremote,aswell
astheacuteandconditioningeffectsofTMSonbrainfunction(Siebneretal.,2009;
Ziemann,2011;StudyIII,Ferrerietal.,2011a).
CombinedTMS‐neuroimagingstudieshavegreatlystimulatedresearchinthefieldof
TMS(Siebneretal.,2009;Ziemann,2011).Whenappliedduringneuroimaginginanonline
approach,TMScanbeusedtotesthowafocalstimulationacutelychangestheactivityand
connectivityinthestimulatedcorticalcircuits.Thetemporalandspatialresolutionof
neuroimagingtechniquesrepresentsimportantselectioncriteriawhenplanninga
combinedTMS‐neuroimagingstudy:iftemporalaspectsofneuronalprocessingarethe
mainfocus,theuseofaneuroimagingmethodwithahightemporalresolution
(millisecond‐scale)suchasEEGispreferable(Siebneretal.,2009).
Thesignificanceoftheconcurrentmulti‐channelEEGandTMSresidesinitscapability
torevealthedirectTMS‐inducedcorticalactivation,whileunderlyingbehaviouralchanges
maybedetectedwithothermethods(Komssietal.,2004).EEG‐TMShasseveral
advantages:first,therecordingscanbecollectedatthepatient’sbedsideatarelativelylow
cost;secondly,ifahighdensityEEGisavailable,andanadvancedsourcemodellingon
individualstructuralneuroimaging issimultaneouslyperformed,agoodenoughspatial
resolutioncanalsobeobtained.BycombiningEEG‐TMSrecordingswithstructural
neuroimaging,itisalsopossibletocorrelateelectrophysiologicalmeasuresofcortical
excitabilityandconnectivitywithmeasuresofregionalbrainstructure.Moreover,
correlationalanalysismaytestforrelationsbetweenTMS‐inducedbehaviouraleffectsand
neuroimagingmeasuresofregionalbrainstructureorevaluatethemorphometric
assessmentofchangesinbrainstructurefollowingdiseasesorexperimentaltasks(Siebner
etal.,2009).EEG‐TMSco‐registration,usingthehightemporalresolutionoftheEEG
method,isthenaperfectcomplementtostudyorjustmonitorthetransientperturbations
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causedinthebrain’soscillatoryprocessesbytheseveralTMSparadigmsavailable(Pauset
al.,2001a;VanDerWerfandPaus,2006;VanDerWerfetal.,2006;StudyV,Ferrerietal
submitted).Inaddition,EEG‐TMShightemporalresolutioncanalsobeexploitedto
identifycriticalperiodsduringwhichthestimulatedareaanditsconnectionstoother
remotebrainregionsmakeacriticalcontributiontotheexperimentaltask(seeforexamples
StudiesIIIandV,Ferrerietal.,2011aandFerrerietal.,submitted).
TMS‐EEGconveysaccurateinformationaboutthespatio‐temporalorderofactivations
ofdistantcorticalareas,beingcapableoftracingthetemporo‐spatialdynamicsofcausal
interactionswithinfunctionalbrainnetworks(Siebneretal.,2009).Thespatialdistribution
ofthelocalandremoteTMS‐evokedactivationisapproximatelydetectedfromfunctional
imagingstudies(forareviewseeBestmannetal.,2008),whileitstemporalsequencecannot
bededucedbasedontheimages,whichhaveapoortemporalresolutionduetothefactthat
modificationsinbloodflowandoxygenationoccurafewsecondsafterchangesinneuronal
activity(Komssietal.,2004).UsingTMS‐EEGrecordingsitwaspossibletospeculatethat
thespatio‐temporalspreadingofthefirstresponses(i.e.N7,P13,N18)afterM1TMScould
directlyreflecttheexistenceandthetime‐solvedactivity‐experimentallymodifiable ‐ of
specificcortico‐corticalconnectionstotheipsilateralandcontralateralnonprimarymotor
corticesandtotheipsilateralposteriorparietalcortex.Ontheotherhand,thespatio‐
temporalspreadingoftheotherresponses(P30,N44,P60,N100andP180)coulddirectly
reflecttheexistenceandthetime‐solvedactivityofaspecificsubcorticalpathway(via
thalamicnucleiand/orbasalganglia)projectingdiffuselytothecortex(Ziemannand
Rothwell,2000;StudyIII,Ferrerietal.,2011a).Moreover,consideringthatthefiringof
corticalneuronsenvelopedintheEEGsignalisassociatedwiththeactivationofbothfast
andslowexcitatorypostsynapticpotentials(fEPSPsandsEPSPsrespectively)aswellasfast
andslowinhibitorypostsynapticpotentials(fIPSPsandsIPSPs,respectively),itwas
possibletospeculateabouttheroleofNMDAreceptorsinthegenerationand/or
modulationofN7(StudyIII,Ferrerietal.,2011a),theroleofGABAApostsynaptic
receptorsinthegenerationand/ormodulationofP13,N18,P30andN44(StudyIII,Ferreri
etal.,2011a),andtheroleofpre‐synapticandpostsynapticGABABreceptorsintheP60,
N100,P180andN280genesisaswellasthemodu
latingroleofascendingcholinergic
projections(StudiesIIIandV,respectivelyFerrerietal.,2011aandFerrerietal.,
submitted).
However,theTMS–EEGco‐registrationtechniquealsohasmajordisadvantages,such
asitslimitedusetomapTMS‐inducedactivationsindeepbrainstructures,itsstrong
susceptibilitytoartefacts‐m
uscleinterferenceandeye‐blinks‐ andthedifficultiesin
accessingtheveryimmediatecorticalresponses(i.e.withinthefirst10ms).However,this
lastproblemwillbeovercomebyusingnewdevicesthatdonotrequirepinningthe
preamplifieroutputtoaconstantlevelduringTMS,allowingcontinuousdatarecording
withoutsaturationoftheEEGsignals(Venieroetal.,2009).Consequently,ithasrecently
becomepossibletocharacterizetheveryearlycorticalresponsesstartingfrom5‐7msafter
TMS(Venieroetal.,2011;StudyIII,Ferrerietal.,2011a).
Inconclusion,theconcurrentuseofEEGincreasestheapplicatio
nareasofTMStothe
studyofexcitability,connectivityandplasticityofthehumancortex,offeringanintriguing
newfieldforneuroscienceresearch.Furthermore,TMS‐EEGoffersthepossibilityof
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obtainingdetailedinformationaboutthestateofthebrain.However,allthisispossible
onlyifappropriatetechniquesandmethodsareusedtodealwiththeelectromagnetic,
electrode‐polarization,eye‐blink,muscle,auditoryandotherartefacts.Majorprogresshas
beenmadeinfactinsolvingtechnicalproblemscausedbytheinterferingeffectsofTMSon
dataacquisitioninconcurrentTMS‐EEGstudies.Theremainingchallengenowisto
optimizeexperimentalapproachesinawaythatitispossibletodisentanglethedirect
effectscausedbyTMSinthebrainfromthecontributionofnon‐corticalbiologicalsources,
forexamplethoseassociatedwithauditoryandsomatosensorystimulation.Adeeper
understandingoftherealeffectsofmagneticpulsesonthecortexisrequiredbeforeroutine
clinicaluseofthistechniqueispossible.ThecombinedTMS‐EEGtechniqueisinitsearly
stageandmuchmethodologicalworkisneededinordertofullyunfolditspotentialityin
providingsubstantialnewinsightsinthepathophysiologyofneuro‐psychiatricdisease.
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7 Summaryandconclusion
ThemainfindingsofStudiesI‐Vare:
1) TMSisavaluablemethodforstudyingcorticalexcitabilityinhealthysubjects
andADpatients.InADpatientsmotorcortexhyperexcitabilityandreorganization
couldallowprolongedpreservationofmotorfunctionduringtheclinicalcourseof
thedisease.
2) Brainexcitabilitycanbetransientlymanipulatedinhealthysubjectspossibly
modulatingthebalancebetweenexcitatoryandinhibitoryintracorticalneurons.This
manipulationcanbereliablystudiedbymeansofTMS.
3) ThecombinationofTMSandEEGenablesthestudyoftheneuronalcircuits
underlyingeffectiveconnectivitywithinthehumancorticesaswellasthe
mechanismsregulatingthebalancebetweeninhibitionandfacilitationwithinthe
humancorticesandthecorticospinalpathway.
4) TMS,alongwithclinical,neuropsychological,andneuroimagingdata,couldbe
aninexpensivetooltofollowthebiologicalprogressionofAlzheimer’sdiseaseandit
mightsupplementtraditionalmethodsofassessingtheeffectsoftherapy.
5) ThecombinationofTMSandEEGisapromisingandefficienttoolforexploring
braincorticalmechanismsintegratingafferentinformationandmodulating
inhibitoryphenomena,suchasSAI,inhealthysubjectsandlikelyin
neuropsychiatricpatients.
ThisthesispresentsnewfindingsrelatedtoTMSandTMS‐evokedbrainactivity,
addressingsomecrucialissuesforabetterelucidationofthemechanismsunderlying
humanbrainneuroplasticity.ThefeasibilityofthecombinationofTMSandEEGwas
clearlyconfirmedfortheexaminationofthecorticalexcitabilityandconnectivityofthe
humancerebralcortex,bothinhealthyandpathologicalconditions,alsosuggestingthat
TMS‐withorwithoutEEG‐isasensitivemeasureoftheeffectofdifferentkindsofbrain’s
activitymanipulation.Thepossibilityofstudyingcorticalexcitabilityandconnectivityand
tomodulatethemisclearlyofconsiderableinterest.Neuronalhyper‐excitabilityis
generallyconsideredtoplayaroleinpromotingbrainfunctionalandevenstructural
plasticity,eitheroftheadaptiveormaladaptivekind,withoppositeeffectsonfunctional
recovery,bothinhealthypeopleandinneurologicaldiseases.Thisobviouslyimpliesthe
necessityforcautiousmanipulation,butimprovedknowledgeofthebasicmechanismsand
awarenessoftheconstrainswouldstrengthenthepossibilitytoguidetheplasticpotential
ofthebrain,openingabroaderfieldofnewtherapeuticandresearchperspectives(Platz
andRothwell,2010).Thismayhaveatremendousimpactonfutureresearcheffortsina
varietyofneuropsychiatricdisorderswhosepatho‐physiologyhasbeencloselylinkedto
theintegratedfunctionofmultiplecorticalareas.Takentogether,thesefindingsare
thereforeofimportancefortheadoptionoftheTMSandTMS‐EEGco‐registration
techniquesasatoolforbasicneurophysio
logicalresearchand,inthefuture,evenfor
diagnosticpurposesinclinicalsettings.
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