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Construction and evaluation of rodent-specific rTMS coils

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posted on 2023-05-18, 20:22 authored by Tang, AD, Lowe, AS, Garrett, AR, Woodward, R, William BennettWilliam Bennett, Alison CantyAlison Canty, Michael GarryMichael Garry, Mark HinderMark Hinder, Jeffery SummersJeffery Summers, Gersner, R, Rotenberg, A, Thickbroom, G, Walton, J, Rodger, J
Rodent models of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) play a crucial role in aiding the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying TMS induced plasticity. Rodent-specific TMS have previously been used to deliver focal stimulation at the cost of stimulus intensity (12 mT). Here we describe two novel TMS coils designed to deliver repetitive TMS (rTMS) at greater stimulation intensities whilst maintaining spatial resolution. Two circular coils (8 mm outer diameter) were constructed with either an air or pure iron-core. Peak magnetic field strength for the air and iron-cores were 90 and 120 mT, respectively, with the iron-core coil exhibiting less focality. Coil temperature and magnetic field stability for the two coils undergoing rTMS, were similar at 1 Hz but varied at 10 Hz. Finite element modeling of 10 Hz rTMS with the iron-core in a simplified rat brain model suggests a peak electric field of 85 and 12.7 V/m, within the skull and the brain, respectively. Delivering 10 Hz rTMS to the motor cortex of anaesthetized rats with the iron-core coil significantly increased motor evoked potential amplitudes immediately after stimulation (n = 4). Our results suggest these novel coils generate modest magnetic and electric fields, capable of altering cortical excitability and provide an alternative method to investigate the mechanisms underlying rTMS-induced plasticity in an experimental setting.

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National Health & Medical Research Council

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Publication title

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volume

10

Article number

47

Number

47

Pagination

1-10

ISSN

1662-5110

Department/School

Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre

Publisher

Frontiers Research Foundation

Place of publication

Switzerland

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Copyright 2016 The Authors Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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