Application of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Motor Control and Learning
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 133
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
TMS provides a non-invasive method to induce neural activity in the human brain that can be used to assess or modulate the underlying cortical mechanisms governing motor control and learning. Single and paired-pulse assessments, including dual-site TMS, assess how corticospinal projections, intracortical circuits, and corticocortical or cerebellar-cortical loops shape motor control and change with learning. Repetitive TMS protocols probe mechanisms of neuroplasticity and offer the potential to enhance clinical approaches to movement disorders.
This Special Issue seeks to assemble original research and review papers highlighting the novel application of conventional approaches and emerging TMS technologies to our understanding of motor control and learning. Basic and clinical studies investigating the role of intra- and intercortical mechanisms in the brain–behavior relationship or those seeking to exploit mechanistic knowledge to enhance motor ability are particularly encouraged. Studies examining the neurophysiological mechanisms targeted by TMS methodologies, including controllable pulse parameter TMS, are also encouraged.
Dr. Sean Meehan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- non-invasive
- motor
- sensorimotor
- intracortical
- neuroplasticity
- basic neuroscience
- clinical neuroscience
- dual-site TMS
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