BioMag Laboratory
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
TMS
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a magnetic method used to stimulate small regions of the brain. During a TMS procedure, a magnetic field generator, or “coil”, is placed near the head of the person receiving the treatment.

Instrumentation

  • Navigated Brain Simulation (NBS; nTMS) systems by Nexstim Plc
  • Nexstim NBS4
    • Repetitive TMS (rTMS)
    • Speech mapping
    • EMG (8 channels)
  • Nexstim NBS3 (eXimia)
    • Coils for monophasic stimulation pulses
      E.g. for paired pulse stimulation
    • Coils for biphasic stimulation pulses
      E.g. for repetitive stimulation
    • EMG (8 channels)
  • Simultaneous 60-channel EEG mapping (eXimia EEG)

Options for peripheral instrumentation:

  • Electroneuromyography (ENMG)
  • Somatosensory, visual, and auditory stimulation
  • Optical imaging

Fields of TMS research at BioMag

  • Rehabilitation of spinal cord injury patients by paired associative stimulation
  • Pre-operative localisation of eloquent cortical areas in epilepsy and tumor patients
  • Multicoil TMS technology (mTMS)
  • Relieving pain
  • Generation mechanisms of TMS-evoked EEG responses
  • Utilization of information from MEG