The electrophysiological properties of the atrioventricular conduction system were compared in 16 patients using stimulation of the high right atrium (HRA) and a site within the coronary sinus (CS). The site of atrial stimulation significantly altered A-V nodal conduction time and refractoriness in eight patients (Group A) and did not change A-V nodal properties in the remaining patients. His-P...

The electrophysiological properties of the atrioventricular conduction system were compared in 16 patients using stimulation of the high right atrium (HRA) and a site within the coronary sinus (CS). The site of atrial stimulation significantly altered A-V nodal conduction time and refractoriness in eight patients (Group A) and did not change A-V nodal properties in the remaining patients. His-P...

OBJECTIVES To investigate if intraoperative focused high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can localise the primary motor cortex without exposure of the cortical surface. METHODS A high frequency train (357 Hz) of four suprathreshold magnetic stimuli was delivered transcranially to the region of the rolandic area during brain tumour operations in 12 patients. To in...

curves on atrial extrastimulus testing. Stimulation was performed from the right atrium in all cases. The left atrium was stimulated from the coronary sinus in 13 patients and directly through a patent foramen ovale in two patients. Baseline fast-AVN-pathway AH intervals were significantly shorter with left atrial stimulation. Maximum AH intervals for conduction over the fast or slow AVN pathwa...

during the past .. years, non-invasive .rain stimulation has .ecome an emerging .eld in clinical neuroscience due to its capability to transiently modulate corticospinal excitability, motor and cognitive functions. .hereas transcranial magnetic stimulation has .een used e.tensively since more than t.o decades ago as a potential .neuromodulator., transcranial current stimulation .tcs. has more r...

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been shown to significantly improve language function in patients with non-fluent aphasia(1). In this experiment, we demonstrate the administration of low-frequency repetitive TMS (rTMS) to an optimal stimulation site in the right hemisphere in patients with chronic non-fluent aphasia. A battery of standardized language measures is administered in ord...

transcranial current stimulation (tcs) is a neuromodulation method in which the patient is exposed to a mild electric current (direct or alternating) at 1-2 ma, resulting in an increase or a decrease in the brain excitability. this modi.cation in neural activities can be used as a method for functional human brain mapping with causal inferences. this method might also facilitate the treatments ...

Optical intrinsic signal (OIS) imaging methods were used to record the responses of contralateral SI cortex to 25 Hz ("flutter") and also to 200 Hz ("vibration") stimulation of the skin. Anesthetized cats and squirrel monkeys were subjects. Separate series of experiments were carried out to evaluate the contralateral SI response to continuous, multisecond 25 Hz vs. 200 Hz stimulation (a) at mul...