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Y P O Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Department of Neurology C Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School T O N Phosphenes O D Franziska Plessow, Ph.D. E S A E Intensive Course in

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Intensive Course in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, 10/23/2018

Phosphenes

Franziska Plessow, Ph.D.

Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Department of Neurology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School

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Questions this session will answer

  • 1. What are phosphenes?
  • 2. What characterizes TMS-induced phosphenes?
  • 3. When should you consider determining phosphene

threshold?

  • 4. What are the key steps for determining phosphene

threshold?

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What are phosphenes?

§ From Greek phōs ‘light’ + phainein ‘to show’ § Brief visually perceived flashes of light triggered by activation of neurons within V1 § Not caused by phototransduction but interpreted as visual stimuli

Modified from Bear, Connors, & Paradiso, 1996

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How can phosphenes be elicited?

§ Mechanical stimulation

  • Rubbing your eyes
  • “Seeing stars” from a blow to the head
  • Pituitary tumor encroaching on optic chiasm

§ Electrical stimulation

  • Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

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What characterizes TMS-induced phosphenes? § Subjective experience § Retinotopically organized § Simple geometric shapes § Appear as light (in darkness or eyes closed) § Appear as blurring or scotoma (eyes open)

From Marg & Rudiak, 1994. Optom Vis Sci

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What characterizes TMS-induced phosphenes? § Subjective experience § Retinotopically organized § Simple geometric shapes § Appear as light (in darkness or eyes closed) § Appear as blurring or scotoma (eyes open) § Vary depending on level of visual cortex stimulated

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When should you consider determining phosphene threshold? § To map the functional organization of the visual cortex § To determine state-dependent stimulation effects § To explore cortico-cortical interactions underlying visual attention and awareness § To assess the relative excitability of the visual cortex to determine procedural stimulation intensity § To record a secondary index of cortical excitability in non- motor regions

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Relationship between motor and phosphene threshold

From Gerwig et al., 2003. J Neurol Sci r28=0.29, p>0.1 0,25 0,35 0,45 0,55 0,65 0,75 0,25 0,45 0,65 Phosphene Threshold (% MSO) Motor Threshold (% of MSO)

Correlation (PT vs MT)

From Fried et al., 2011. PLoS One r16=0.27, p>0.2

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Neural basis of phosphene awareness

From Taylor et al., 2010. Hum Brain Mapp

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What are the key steps for determining phosphene threshold?

  • 1. Choosing a stimulation target (typically V1)
  • 2. Setting up and ensuring safety
  • 3. Locating the phosphene “hot spot” (adjusting location)
  • 4. Assessing the phosphene threshold (adjusting intensity)

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Setting up and ensuring safety

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Locating the phosphene “hot spot”

  • 1. Find the inion
  • 2. Mark point 2 cm superior and 2

cm lateral

  • 3. Orient coil with handle pointing

laterally:

Optimal current direction is lateral to medial in the brain

  • 4. Phosphene should be reported

in the contralateral visual field

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Locating the phosphene “hot spot”

  • 1. Set intensity to 30% and deliver 3 pulses (6-10 s apart)
  • 2. Go up in steps of 10% until phosphene is reported
  • 3. Deliver several pulses to ensure a consistent response

(phosphene) is evident (suprathreshold)

  • 4. Construct and test a 5 x 5 cm grid around marked spot
  • Deliver 3 pulses at each location
  • Record phosphene incidence and vividness
  • 5. The location that elicits the most consistent, vivid, and

unambiguous phosphene is the phosphene “hot spot”

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Finding phosphene threshold

  • 1. Record responses to 6 pulses
  • 2. Progressively lower intensity (1-2%) until occurrence <50%
  • 3. The lowest intensity that elicits a consistent, vivid, and

unambiguous phosphene in ≥3/6 pulses is your phosphene threshold

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Further considerations

§ Count only unambiguous responses (“yes” or “no”), redo “maybe” § Can be easier if subject is blindfolded (+ waiting time) § Have subject focus on center of visual field:

Directing attention to a part of the visual field will decrease threshold to relative to rest of visual field

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Thank you for your active participation and good luck for the rest of the week! Email: fplessow@mgh.harvard.edu

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