Test–Retest Reliability of the Effects of Continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Ali Jannati¹  Gabrielle Block¹  Peter J. Fried¹  Alvaro Pascual-Leone²  Alexander Rotenberg³  Lindsay M. Oberman⁴ 

[1] Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Division of Cognitive Neurology, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States;Institut Guttman de Neurorehabilitació, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Neuromodulation Program and Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States;Neuroplasticity and Autism Spectrum Disorder Program, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, E.P. Bradley Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, East Providence, RI, United States;

关键词: transcranial magnetic stimulation;    continuous theta-burst stimulation;    plasticity;    reliability;    BDNF;    APOE;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnins.2019.00447

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesThe utility of continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) as index of cortical plasticity is limited by inadequate characterization of its test–retest reliability. We thus evaluated the reliability of cTBS aftereffects, and explored the roles of age and common single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genes.MethodsTwenty-eight healthy adults (age range 21–65) underwent two identical cTBS sessions (median interval = 9.5 days) targeting the motor cortex. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) of the log-transformed, baseline-corrected amplitude of motor evoked potentials (ΔMEP) at 5–60 min post-cTBS (T5–T60) were calculated. Adjusted effect sizes for cTBS aftereffects were then calculated by taking into account the reliability of each cTBS measure.ResultsΔMEP at T50 was the most-reliable cTBS measure in the whole sample (ICC = 0.53). Area under-the-curve (AUC) of ΔMEPs was most reliable when calculated over the full 60 min post-cTBS (ICC = 0.40). cTBS measures were substantially more reliable in younger participants (< 35 years) and in those with BDNF Val66Val and APOE ε4– genotypes.ConclusioncTBS aftereffects are most reliable when assessed 50 min post-cTBS, or when cumulative ΔMEP measures are calculated over 30–60 min post-cTBS. Reliability of cTBS aftereffects is influenced by age, and BDNF and APOE polymorphisms. Reliability coefficients are used to adjust effect-size calculations for interpretation and planning of cTBS studies.

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