An interventional study of Concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalogram in Healthy, sponsored by Johns Hopkins University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-22.
Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
This study will investigate the test-retest reliability of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) -evoked potentials (TEPs) as measured by electroencephalography (EEG), using three different TMS protocols over five different brain regions in healthy volunteers. The goal is to compare the test-retest reliability of single pulse, inhibitory and excitatory TMS protocols as well as two distinct targeting approaches. The main questions to answer are:
Participants will first undergo functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning where structural and resting-state functional images will be obtained. In two separate sessions, participants will attend two concurrent TMS/EEG session with one week in between.
During the TMS/EEG sessions, an EEG cap will be placed on the participant's head and the resting motor threshold will be obtained to calibrate the TMS intensity required for the stimulation of target regions. Once setup procedures are complete, eleven total blocks of TMS with simultaneous EEG recording will take place. Among eleven blocks, five of will use single-pulse stimulation (to stimulate cortical excitation), three will use paired-pulse stimulation with 3ms between pulses (to stimulate cortical inhibition), and three will use paired-pulse stimulation with 11ms between pulses (to stimulate greater cortical excitation). Five different brain regions will be targeted: three individualized targets either derived anatomically (motor cortex) or based on the individual's resting-state functional connectivity (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and angular gryus) and two regions that are based on the literature (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and angular gryus).
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Device: Concurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalogram
Single and paired-pulse TMS will be applied to 5 different brain regions during simultaneous recording of EEG. Paired-pulse stimulations will have either 3 ms or 11 ms between pulses, to stimulate cortical inhibition and excitation respectively. Stimulation intensity for single-pulse stimulation blocks will be 120% of the resting motor threshold (RMT). For paired-pulse blocks, the conditioning (first) pulse will be delivered at a stimulation intensity of 80% RMT, and the test (second) pulse will be delivered at 120% RMT. Each test block will consist of 60 TMS trials and will last for 5 minutes. Order of test blocks will be pseudo-randomized across participants. Out of 5 stimulation sites, 3 will be determined based on individual's own brain anatomy and resting state connectivity. These 3 regions will be stimulated using all 3 TMS protocols. The other two regions will be determined based on the literature and only be targeted using the single pulse TMS protocol.
Comparison of interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) of TMS Evoked Potential amplitudes, as measured by EEG, between single and paired-pulse TMS protocols
TMS evoked potentials (TEP) during single and paired-pulse protocols will be measured by simultaneous EEG recording. TEP amplitudes at approximately 40, 60, 100 and 200 ms will be calculated per subject, individualized brain region (anatomically based M1, connectivity based DLPFC and angular gyrus), TMS protocol and session. ICCs will be calculated across sessions and subjects per TEP for each individualized brain region and TMS protocol. ICCs per brain region will be compared between single and paired-pulse TMS protocols.
Time frame: Session 1 and session 2 with one week between sessions
Comparison of interclass correlation coefficients (ICC) of TMS Evoked Potential amplitudes, as measured by EEG, between individualized and non-individualized targeting approaches
TMS evoked potentials (TEP) during single pulse TMS protocols will be measured by simultaneous EEG recording. TEP amplitudes at approximately 40, 60, 100 and 200 ms will be calculated per subject, individualized and non-individualized (connectivity-based vs literature-based DLPFC and angular gyrus) brain region and session. ICCs will be calculated across sessions and subjects per TEP for all brain regions (connectivity-based vs literature-based DLPFC and angular gyrus) that were targeted by single-pulse protocols. ICCs will be compared between individualized and non-individualized targeting approaches.
Time frame: Session 1 and session 2 with one week between sessions
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