Repeated spaced paired-associative stimulation to the parietal-motor pathway maintains corticomotor excitability in older adults

IF 3.7 3区医学 Q1 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Clinical Neurophysiology Pub Date : 2025-03-08 DOI:10.1016/j.clinph.2025.03.003

Elana R. Goldenkoff , Joseph A. Deluisi , James A. Brissenden , Taraz G. Lee , Thad A. Polk , Stephan F. Taylor , Benjamin M. Hampstead , Michael Vesia

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Abstract

Introduction

Cortical paired associative stimulation (cPAS), repeated at spaced intervals and applied to the primary motor cortex (M1) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC), has a dose-dependent effect on corticomotor excitability in young adults. The present study investigated whether aging affects this additive (nonhomeostatic) metaplasticity by performing the same manipulation in a sample of older adults.

Methods

In the multi-dose cPAS condition, three consecutive sessions of the Hebbian-plasticity-induction cPAS protocol were administered with a 50-minute interval between sessions. In the single-dose control cPAS condition, one session of the Hebbian-plasticity-induction cPAS protocol was followed by two sessions of a control non-Hebbian cPAS protocol. We measured motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) before and after each cPAS session.

Results

Compared to a single dose of cPAS, the multi-dose cPAS protocol prevented the reduction in MEP amplitude, resulting in relatively greater corticomotor excitability following the Hebbian procedures. We did not find evidence for an increase in MEP amplitude after the repeated, spaced Hebbian-plasticity-induction cPAS protocol from baseline levels, suggesting reduced neuroplasticity in older adults compared to young adults.

Conclusion

Repeated spaced paired-associative stimulation to the parietal-motor pathway maintains corticomotor excitability in older adults.

Significance

These findings provide insight into age-related differences in neuroplastic capacity in healthy humans.

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Clinical Neurophysiology 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

8.70

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6.40%

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932

审稿时长

59 days

期刊介绍： As of January 1999, The journal Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, and its two sections Electromyography and Motor Control and Evoked Potentials have amalgamated to become this journal - Clinical Neurophysiology. Clinical Neurophysiology is the official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Brazilian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Czech Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, the Italian Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the International Society of Intraoperative Neurophysiology.The journal is dedicated to fostering research and disseminating information on all aspects of both normal and abnormal functioning of the nervous system. The key aim of the publication is to disseminate scholarly reports on the pathophysiology underlying diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system of human patients. Clinical trials that use neurophysiological measures to document change are encouraged, as are manuscripts reporting data on integrated neuroimaging of central nervous function including, but not limited to, functional MRI, MEG, EEG, PET and other neuroimaging modalities.