Practicals of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Question 1

What are the two characteristics of TMS?

Answer 1

Non-invasive and creates temporary virtual lesion to a specific brain region

Question 2

What are the two factors that can be examined through the neural noise approach?

Answer 2

Causality and time

Question 3

How long does it take information to arrive the visual cortex?

Answer 3

80-100ms

Question 4

After knowing the time window of the arrival of visual information. What’s next?

Answer 4

The direction of the information processing flow

Question 5

Describe in what directions are the information processed?

Answer 5

Information on the left side is processed on the right of the visual cortex, and information is also inversely processed.

Question 6

What are the two approaches that can be used to examine the causality of brain regions?

Answer 6

Neural Noise and virtual lesion approach

Question 7

Explain Probing Excitability Approach

Answer 7

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Question 8

Explain Virtual Lesion Approach

Answer 8

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Question 9

Explain Neural Noise Approach

Answer 9

Check Notes

Question 10

Explain Probing Information Transfer Approach

Answer 10

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Question 11

Explain how Paired-Pulse TMS Application explains schizophrenia

Answer 11

Check Notes

Question 12

What are the approaches of TMS?

Answer 12

Neural Noise, Virtual Lesion, Probing excitability, Probing Information Transfer and Paired-pulse

Question 13

Which side of the M1 is TMS-ed for paired-pulse (i.e., testing schizophrenia) and what machine is used to pick up hand MEPs during probing excitability

Answer 13

Left M1 and the EMG

Question 14

what are the two disorders that can be measured by TMS

Answer 14

schizophrenia and depression

Question 15

How to cure depression with TMS

Answer 15

TMS one prefrontal cortex to balance the activity of the prefrontal cortexes