Consensus: New methodologies for brain stimulation.

Authors :: Huang YZ
Sommer M
Thickbroom G
Hamada M
Pascual-Leonne A
Paulus W
Classen J
Peterchev AV
Zangen A
Ugawa Y
Source :: Brain stimulation [Brain Stimul] 2009 Jan; Vol. 2 (1), pp. 2-13. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Oct 07.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: We briefly summarized several new stimulation techniques. There are many new methods of human brain stimulation, including modification of already known methods and brand-new methods. In this article, we focused on theta burst stimulation (TBS), repetitive monophasic pulse stimulation, paired- and quadri-pulse stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), paired associative stimulation, controllable pulse shape TMS (cTMS), and deep-brain TMS. For every method, we summarized the state of the art and discussed issues that remain to be addressed.