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Ten years of theta burst stimulation in humans: Established knowledge, unknowns and prospects

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Suppa, A., Huang, Y.-Z., Funke, K., Ridding, M.C., Cheeran, B., Di Lazzaro, V., Ziemann, U., Rothwell, J.C.·2016·Brain Stimulation

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Background/objectives Over the last ten years, an increasing number of authors have used the theta burst stimulation (TBS) protocol to investigate long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD)-like plasticity non-invasively in the primary motor cortex (M1) in healthy humans and in patients with various types of movement disorders. We here provide a comprehensive review of the LTP/LTD-like plasticity induced by TBS in the human M1. Methods A workgroup of researchers expert in this research field review and discuss critically ten years of experimental evidence from TBS studies in humans and in animal models. The review also includes the discussion of studies assessing responses to TBS in patients with movement disorders. Main findings/discussion We discuss experimental studies applying TBS over the M1 or in other cortical regions functionally connected to M1 in healthy subjects and in patients with various types of movement disorders. We also review experimental evidence coming from TBS studies in animals. Finally, we clarify the status of TBS as a possible new non-invasive therapy aimed at improving symptoms in various neurological disorders.

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Authors
Suppa, A., Huang, Y.-Z., Funke, K., Ridding, M. C., Cheeran, B., Di Lazzaro, V., Ziemann, U., & Rothwell, J. C.
Affiliations
  • Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (IT)
  • Chang Gung University (TW)
  • Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
  • The University of Adelaide (AU)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (DE)
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
Corresponding author
Suppa, A.
Venue
Brain Stimulation
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-05
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
323-335
ISSN
  • 1876-4754 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-861X
OpenAlex
W2287057286
Cited by
609
References
159
Citations by year
2026: 76 · 2025: 84 · 2024: 82 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 71 · 2020: 44 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 9
FWCI
3.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain stimulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
Keywords
theta burst stimulation, long-term potentiation, long-term depression, synaptic plasticity, primary motor cortex, non-invasive brain stimulation, movement disorders, animal models, non-invasive treatment
MeSH terms
Adult, Animals, Female, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Motor Cortex, Movement Disorders, Neuronal Plasticity, Theta Rhythm, Long-Term Potentiation, Evoked Potentials, Motor, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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