Evoked potentials (EPs) are well established in clinical practice for diagnosis and prognosis in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, their value is limited to the assessment of their respective functional systems. Here, we used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coupled with electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) to investigate cortical excitability and spatiotemporal dynamics of TMS-evoked neural activity in MS patients. Thirteen patients with early relapsing–remitting MS (RRMS) with a median Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) of 1.0 (range 0–2.5) and 16 age- and gender-matched healthy controls received single-pulse TMS of left and right primary motor cortex (L-M1 and R-M1), respectively. Resting motor threshold for L-M1 and R-M1 was increased in MS patients. Latencies and amplitudes of N45, P70, N100, P180, and N280 TMS-evoked EEG potentials (TEPs) were not different between groups, except a significantly increased amplitude of the N280 TEP in the MS group, both for L-M1 and R-M1 stimulation. Interhemispheric signal propagation (ISP), estimated from the area under the curve of TEPs in the non-stimulated vs. stimulated M1, also did not differ between groups. In summary, findings show that ISP and TEPs were preserved in early-stage RRMS, except for an exaggerated N280 amplitude. Our findings indicate that TMS-EEG is feasible in testing excitability and connectivity in cortical neural networks in MS patients, complementary to conventional EPs. However, relevance and pathophysiological correlates of the enhanced N280 will need further study.

Cortical Excitability and Interhemispheric Connectivity in Early Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Studied With TMS-EEG / Zipser, Carl M.; Premoli, Isabella; Belardinelli, Paolo; Castellanos, Nazareth; Rivolta, Davide; Heidegger, Tonio; Müller-Dahlhaus, Florian; Ziemann, Ulf. - In: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1662-5161. - 2018, 12:(2018), pp. 393.1-393.9. [10.3389/fnins.2018.00393]

Cortical Excitability and Interhemispheric Connectivity in Early Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Studied With TMS-EEG

Belardinelli, Paolo;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Evoked potentials (EPs) are well established in clinical practice for diagnosis and prognosis in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, their value is limited to the assessment of their respective functional systems. Here, we used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coupled with electroencephalography (TMS-EEG) to investigate cortical excitability and spatiotemporal dynamics of TMS-evoked neural activity in MS patients. Thirteen patients with early relapsing–remitting MS (RRMS) with a median Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) of 1.0 (range 0–2.5) and 16 age- and gender-matched healthy controls received single-pulse TMS of left and right primary motor cortex (L-M1 and R-M1), respectively. Resting motor threshold for L-M1 and R-M1 was increased in MS patients. Latencies and amplitudes of N45, P70, N100, P180, and N280 TMS-evoked EEG potentials (TEPs) were not different between groups, except a significantly increased amplitude of the N280 TEP in the MS group, both for L-M1 and R-M1 stimulation. Interhemispheric signal propagation (ISP), estimated from the area under the curve of TEPs in the non-stimulated vs. stimulated M1, also did not differ between groups. In summary, findings show that ISP and TEPs were preserved in early-stage RRMS, except for an exaggerated N280 amplitude. Our findings indicate that TMS-EEG is feasible in testing excitability and connectivity in cortical neural networks in MS patients, complementary to conventional EPs. However, relevance and pathophysiological correlates of the enhanced N280 will need further study.
2018
Zipser, Carl M.; Premoli, Isabella; Belardinelli, Paolo; Castellanos, Nazareth; Rivolta, Davide; Heidegger, Tonio; Müller-Dahlhaus, Florian; Ziemann, ...espandi
Cortical Excitability and Interhemispheric Connectivity in Early Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Studied With TMS-EEG / Zipser, Carl M.; Premoli, Isabella; Belardinelli, Paolo; Castellanos, Nazareth; Rivolta, Davide; Heidegger, Tonio; Müller-Dahlhaus, Florian; Ziemann, Ulf. - In: FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 1662-5161. - 2018, 12:(2018), pp. 393.1-393.9. [10.3389/fnins.2018.00393]
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