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  • Title: Changes in visual responses in the feline dLGN: selective thalamic suppression induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation of V1.
    Author: de Labra C, Rivadulla C, Grieve K, Mariño J, Espinosa N, Cudeiro J.
    Journal: Cereb Cortex; 2007 Jun; 17(6):1376-85. PubMed ID: 16908494.
    Abstract:
    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the cortex can modify activity noninvasively and produce either excitatory or inhibitory effects, depending on stimulus parameters. Here we demonstrate controlled inhibitory effects on the large corticogeniculate feedback pathway from primary visual cortex to cells of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) that are focal and reversible-induced by either single pulses or trains of pulses of TMS. These effects selectively suppress the sustained component of responses to flashed spots or moving grating stimuli and are the result of loss of spikes fired in tonic mode, whereas the number of spikes fired in bursts remain the same. We conclude that acute inactivation of the corticogeniculate downflow selectively affects the tonic mode. We found no evidence to suggest that cortical inactivation increased burst frequency.
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