High-Frequency Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Improves Motor Performance in Individuals with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

2019 ◽  
pp. 229-233
Author(s):  
Amanda Vitória Lacerda de Araújo ◽  
Valéria Ribeiro Nogueira Barbosa ◽  
Gilma Serra Galdino ◽  
Felipe Fregni ◽  
Thais Massetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Cord Injury

scholarly journals Neuromodulatory effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on neural plasticity and motor functions in rats with an incomplete spinal cord injury: A preliminary study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252965
Author(s):  
Siti Ainun Marufa ◽  
Tsung-Hsun Hsieh ◽  
Jian-Chiun Liou ◽  
Hsin-Yung Chen ◽  
Chih-Wei Peng
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Axonal Regeneration ◽  
Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Preclinical Model ◽  
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Locomotor Function ◽  
Cord Injury

We investigated the effects of intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) on locomotor function, motor plasticity, and axonal regeneration in an animal model of incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Aneurysm clips with different compression forces were applied extradurally around the spinal cord at T10. Motor plasticity was evaluated by examining the motor evoked potentials (MEPs). Long-term iTBS treatment was given at the post-SCI 5th week and continued for 2 weeks (5 consecutive days/week). Time-course changes in locomotor function and the axonal regeneration level were measured by the Basso Beattie Bresnahan (BBB) scale, and growth-associated protein (GAP)-43 expression was detected in brain and spinal cord tissues. iTBS-induced potentiation was reduced at post-1-week SCI lesion and had recovered by 4 weeks post-SCI lesion, except in the severe group. Multiple sessions of iTBS treatment enhanced the motor plasticity in all SCI rats. The locomotor function revealed no significant changes between pre- and post-iTBS treatment in SCI rats. The GAP-43 expression level in the spinal cord increased following 2 weeks of iTBS treatment compared to the sham-treatment group. This preclinical model may provide a translational platform to further investigate therapeutic mechanisms of transcranial magnetic stimulation and enhance the possibility of the potential use of TMS with the iTBS scheme for treating SCIs.

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