Figure 1.
Changes in somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds (STDT) induced by continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) and intermittent theta-burst stimulation (iTBS) over primary somatosensory cortex (S1) in healthy subjects.
Each point represents the mean; bars represent standard error. X axis: time: T0 (before cTBS/iTBS), T1 (5 minutes after cTBS/iTBS) and T2 (15 minutes after cTBS/iTBS). Y axis: STDT expressed in milliseconds. Asterisks indicate statistical significance.
Figure 2.
Changes in somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds (STDT) induced by continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) over pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) in healthy subjects.
Each point represents the mean; bars represent standard error. Upper panel: X axis: time: T0 (before cTBS), T1 (5 minutes after cTBS) and T2 (15 minutes after cTBS). Y axis: STDT expressed in milliseconds. Lower panel: cTBS-induced changes in the number of errors subjects made during the experimental procedures.
Figure 3.
Changes in somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds (STDT) induced by continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) over left lateral cerebellum in healthy subjects.
Upper panel: X axis: time: T0 (before cTBS), T1 (5 minutes after cTBS) and T2 (15 minutes after cTBS). Y axis: STDT expressed in milliseconds. Each point represents the mean; bars represent standard error. Lower panel: cTBS-induced changes in motor evoked potential (MEP) size evoked in the right primary motor area (M1). X axis time T0 (before cTBS), T1 (10 minutes after cTBS). Y axis: MEP amplitude expressed as percentage of the MEP at T0.
Figure 4.
Within-subject changes in somatosensory temporal discrimination thresholds (STDT) induced by continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) over primary somatosensory cortex (S1), pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA), left lateral cerebellum, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and intermittent theta-burst stimulation over S1 in healthy subjects.
Each point represents the mean; bars represent standard error. X axis: time T0 (before cTBS/iTBS), T1 (5 minutes after cTBS/iTBS), T2 (15 minutes after cTBS/iTBS); Y axis: STDT expressed in milliseconds.
Figure 5.
Changes in upper limb somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) after continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) over primary somatosensory cortex (S1) in healthy subjects.
Upper panel: traces of upper limb SEP in a representative healthy subject before (black line) and 10 minutes after cTBS over S1 (gray line). Each trace represents the average of 500 responses. Lower panel: Changes in SEP components before and after cTBS over S1 in healthy subjects. Each point represents the mean and the bars represent standard error. X axis time T0 (before cTBS), T1 (10 minutes after cTBS). Y axis: SEP amplitude expressed as percentage of the SEP at T0.