Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. TMS-Induced Motor Evoked Potentials: Definitions and Physiology
(Ashlyn K. Frazer, PhD and Dawson J. Kidgell, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
Chapter 2. Methods for Determination of Motor Threshold
(Thusharika Dilrukshi Dissanayaka, Maryam Zoghi, PhD, Michael Farrell, PhD, Gary Egan, PhD, Shapour Jaberzadeh, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 3. Variability of MEP Amplitude and Latency in Health and Disease
(Jeric Uy, PhD and Brenton Hordacre, PhD, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia)
Chapter 4. Factors Affecting the Reliability of MEP Amplitude
(Shapour Jaberzadeh, PhD, and Maryam Zoghi, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 5. Using Stimulus-Response Curves to Determine Corticospinal Excitability
(Dawson J. Kidgell, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
Chapter 6. Applications of MEPs
(Alan J. Pearce, PhD, and Jerome J. Maller, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation, Nutition and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 7. Measuring GABAA Function in the Primary Motor Cortex
(Maryam Zoghi, PhD, and Shapour Jaberzadeh, PhD, Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 8. TMS Protocols for Assessment of GABAB Function Integrity
(Shapour Jaberzadeh, PhD, and Maryam Zoghi, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 9. TMS Protocols for Assessment of Intracortical Facilitation
(Shapour Jaberzadeh, PhD, and Maryam Zoghi, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and others)
Chapter 10. Safety of TMS as an Assessment Tool
(Maryam Hassanzahraee, and Maryam Zoghi, PhD, and Shapour Jaberzadeh, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
Additional Information
Keywords: Transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS, Motor evoked potentials, MEP, Cortico spinal excitability, Reliability, Variability, Intracortical inhibition, Intracortical facilitation
This book will serve not only as a useful methodological introduction to honours, MSC by research and PhD students and post-doctoral fellows in the field but also as a source of continual reference for more experienced TMS users.
