title: Dissociable modulating effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sensory and pain perception.
abstract: The effects of high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sensory perception and the pain tolerance thresholds were investigated applying both motor cortex stimulation and medial frontal cortex stimulation in normal study participants. Both the sensory perception and pain tolerance thresholds were significantly increased in the motor cortex stimulation, whereas the pain tolerance thresholds, but not the sensory perception was significantly decreased in the medial frontal cortex stimulation. These results suggest the dissociable modulating effects of sensory and pain perception by the high frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on the medial pain regulating system, but not the lateral pain regulating system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Woo-Kyoung
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Yun-Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Won-Su
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Doh
authors.forename: Ji-Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kwang-Ik
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Dong-Sik
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Eun-Sook
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D010465:Perception / Q000528:radiation effects*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation