Sangeetha Madhavan1, James W Stinear. 1. Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 345 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. s-madhavan@northwestern.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Because we are interested in non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation as an adjuvant to post-stroke walking therapy, we applied direct current stimulation (tDCS) preferentially to either the left or right lower limb motor cortex (M1) in two separate sessions and assessed the resulting modulation in both cortices. OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS: We hypothesized that tDCS applied preferentially to one lower limb M1 of healthy subjects would induce between-hemisphere opposite sign modulation. METHODS: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with the coil offset 2 cm either side of vertex was used to assess the percent change in rectified motor evoked potential (MEP) area recorded bilaterally from vastus lateralis (VL) and tibialis anterior (TA) of 10 subjects during weak tonic contraction. RESULTS: ANOVA revealed an up-regulation of the target cortex and a down-regulation of the non-target cortex (p = 0.001) and no effects of hemisphere (left, right) or muscle (TA, VL). Significant modulation was evident in 78% of VL and TA muscles (all p < 0.05). Excitability increased in 60%, but decreased in 18%. For 43% when excitability increased, a simultaneous decrease in excitability was evident in homologous muscle responses providing support for our hypothesis. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate a modest effectiveness and focality of anodal tDCS when applied to lower limb M1, suggesting in a human model that the strength and depth of polarizing cortical currents induced by tDCS likely depend on inter-individual differences in the electrical properties of superficial brain structures.
BACKGROUND: Because we are interested in non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation as an adjuvant to post-stroke walking therapy, we applied direct current stimulation (tDCS) preferentially to either the left or right lower limb motor cortex (M1) in two separate sessions and assessed the resulting modulation in both cortices. OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS: We hypothesized that tDCS applied preferentially to one lower limb M1 of healthy subjects would induce between-hemisphere opposite sign modulation. METHODS: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with the coil offset 2 cm either side of vertex was used to assess the percent change in rectified motor evoked potential (MEP) area recorded bilaterally from vastus lateralis (VL) and tibialis anterior (TA) of 10 subjects during weak tonic contraction. RESULTS: ANOVA revealed an up-regulation of the target cortex and a down-regulation of the non-target cortex (p = 0.001) and no effects of hemisphere (left, right) or muscle (TA, VL). Significant modulation was evident in 78% of VL and TA muscles (all p < 0.05). Excitability increased in 60%, but decreased in 18%. For 43% when excitability increased, a simultaneous decrease in excitability was evident in homologous muscle responses providing support for our hypothesis. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate a modest effectiveness and focality of anodal tDCS when applied to lower limb M1, suggesting in a human model that the strength and depth of polarizing cortical currents induced by tDCS likely depend on inter-individual differences in the electrical properties of superficial brain structures.
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Cortical excitability; Lower limb; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation
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