Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to investigate the neural mechanisms of inhibitory control

Rohan Puri; Tess Nikitenko; Sarah Kemp

doi:10.1152/jn.00366.2018

Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to investigate the neural mechanisms of inhibitory control

J Neurophysiol. 2018 Oct 1;120(4):1587-1590. doi: 10.1152/jn.00366.2018. Epub 2018 Jul 18.

Authors

Rohan Puri¹, Tess Nikitenko¹, Sarah Kemp²

Affiliations

¹ Sensorimotor Neuroscience and Ageing Laboratory, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania , Hobart , Australia.
² Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.

PMID: 30020843
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00366.2018

Abstract

Many everyday actions require inhibitory control. The success of these actions depends on the availability of prior information regarding stopping demands. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), Cirillo and colleagues (Cirillo J, Cowie MJ, MacDonald HJ, Byblow WD. J Neurophysiol 119: 877-886, 2018) provide novel neurophysiological evidence for distinct roles of intracortical inhibitory mechanisms underlying inhibitory control. Other, nonexclusive mechanisms such as disfacilitation of excitatory pathways and interhemispheric inhibition may also contribute to inhibitory control. Accordingly, diverse TMS protocols are a valuable assessment tool to investigate these mechanisms.

Keywords: inhibitory control; motor inhibition; noninvasive brain stimulation; transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Evoked Potentials, Motor*
Inhibition, Psychological
Neural Inhibition
Synaptic Transmission
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation*