The pathophysiology of dystonia has been best studied in patients with focal hand dystonia.
A loss of inhibitory function has been demonstrated at spinal, brainstem and cortical levels …

In this article we reviewed the results obtained with the technique of paired-pulse
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in normal subjects and in patients with movement …

Contralesional dorsal premotor cortex (cPMd) may support residual motor function following
stroke. We performed two complementary experiments to explore how cPMd might perform …

Since about 15 years, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used as a technique to
investigate the function of specific cortical regions. Single pulse TMS studies have targeted …

The responsiveness to non-invasive neuromodulation protocols shows high inter-individual
variability, the reasons of which remain poorly understood. We here tested whether the …

Recent clinical and preclinical studies have shown that hyperkinetic disorders such as
Huntington's disease, dystonia and l-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease are …

The mechanisms driving cortical plasticity in response to brain stimulation are still
incompletely understood. We here explored whether neural activity and connectivity in the …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can be used in two different ways to investigate the
contribution of cortical areas involved in grasp/reach movements in humans. It can produce …

Torsion dystonia is characterized by sustained muscle contractions causing twisting and
repetitive movements and abnormal postures. The diagnosis can be made difficult, delayed …

To clarify the rationale for using rTMS of dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) to treat dystonia, we
examined how the motor system reacts to an inhibitory form of rTMS applied to the PMd in …