Publications

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Journal publications

Basti, A., Chella, F., Guidotti, R., Ermolova, M., D'Andrea, A., Stenroos, M., Romani, G.L., Pizzella, V. & Marzetti, L. (2022). Looking through the windows: a study about the dependency of phase-coupling estimates on the data length. Journal of Neural Engineering, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac542f

Basti, A., Nili, H., Hauk, O., Marzetti, L., & Henson, R. N. (2020). Multi-dimensional connectivity: a conceptual and mathematical review. NeuroImage, 117179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117179

Baur, D., Ermolova, M., Souza, V. H., Zrenner, C., & Ziemann, U. (2022). Phase-amplitude coupling in high-gamma frequency range induces LTP-like plasticity in human motor cortex: EEG-TMS evidence. Brain Stimulation, 15(6), 1508-1510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.11.003

Baur, D., Galevska, D., Hussain, S., Cohen, L. G., Ziemann, U., & Zrenner, C. (2020). Induction of LTD-like corticospinal plasticity by low-frequency rTMS depends on pre-stimulus phase of sensorimotor μ-rhythm. Brain Stimulation, 13(6), 1580-1587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.09.005

Ermolova, M., Metsomaaa J., Zrenner, C., Kozáka G., Marzetti, L. & Ziemann U. (2021). Spontaneous phase-coupling within cortico-cortical networks: How time counts for brain-state-dependent stimulation. Brain Stimulation 14(2), 404-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2021.02.007

Ermolova, M., Metsomaa, J., Belardinelli, P., Zrenner, C., Ziemann, U. (2024) Blindly separated spontaneous network-level oscillations predict corticospinal excitability. Journal of Neural Engineering, 21:036041. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ad5404

Gordon, P. C., Belardinelli, P., Stenroos, M., Ziemann, U., & Zrenner, C. (2022). Prefrontal theta phase-dependent rTMS-induced plasticity of cortical and behavioral responses in human cortex. Brain Stimulation, 15(2), 391–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.02.006

Gordon, P. C., Dörre, S., Belardinelli, P., Stenroos, M., Zrenner, B., Ziemann, U., & Zrenner, C. (2021). Prefrontal theta-phase synchronized brain stimulation with real-time EEG-triggered TMS. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 335. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.691821

Gordon, P. C., Jovellar, D. B., Song, Y., Zrenner, C., Belardinelli, P., Siebner, H. R., & Ziemann, U. (2021). Recording brain responses to TMS of primary motor cortex by EEG - utility of an optimized sham procedure. NeuroImage, 245, 118708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118708

Gordon, P.C., Song Y., Jovellar B., Belardinelli P., Ziemann U. (2023) No evidence for interaction between TMS-EEG responses and sensory inputs. Brain Stimulation 16:25-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.12.010

Granö, I., Mutanen, T. P., Tervo, A., Nieminen, J. O., Souza, V. H., Fecchio, M., Rosanova, M., Lioumis, P. & Ilmoniemi, R. J. (2022). Local brain-state dependency of effective connectivity: a pilot TMS–EEG study. Open Research Europe, 2(45), 45. [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14634.2)

Haxel L., Belardinelli P., Ermolova M., Humaidan D., Macke J. H., Ziemann U. Decoding Motor Excitability in TMS using EEG-Features: An Exploratory Machine Learning Approach. bioRxiv 2024:2024.02.27.582361. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.27.582361

Humaidan D., Xu J., Kirchhoff M., Romani G. L., Ilmoniemi R. J., Ziemann U. Towards real-time EEG-TMS modulation of brain state in a closed-loop approach. Clinical Neurophysiology 2024;158:212-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.12.006

Makkonen, M., Mutanen, T. P., Metsomaa, J., Zrenner, C., Souza, V. H., & Ilmoniemi, R. J. (2021). Real-time artifact detection and removal for closed-loop EEG TMS. International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, 23(2), 1-4. http://www.ijbem.org/volume23/number2/12.pdf

Metsomaa, J., Belardinelli, P., Ermolova, M., Ziemann, U., Zrenner, C. (2021). Causal decoding of individual cortical excitability states. NeuroImage, 118652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118652

Metsomaa J., Song Y., Mutanen T. P., Gordon P. C., Ziemann U., Zrenner C., Hernandez-Pavon J. C. (2024) Adapted Beamforming: A Robust and Flexible Approach for Removing Various Types of Artifacts from TMS-EEG Data. Brain Topography. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-024-01044-4

Mutanen, T. P., Metsomaa, J., Makkonen, M., Varone, G., Marzetti, L., & Ilmoniemi, R. J. (2022). Source-based artifact-rejection techniques for TMS–EEG. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 109693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109693

Mutanen, T. P., Souza, V. H., Nieminen, J. O., & Ilmoniemi, R. J. (2021). On the effective resolution of TMS, its tradeoff with signal-to-noise ratio, and the experimental implications. Int. J. Bioelectromagn, 23(13), 1-4. http://www.ijbem.org/volume23/number2/13.pdf

Nieminen, J.O. , Sinisalo, H., Souza, V.H., Malmi, M., Yuryev, M., Tervo, A.E., Stenroos, M., Milardovich, D., Korhonen, J.T., Koponen, L.M. & Ilmoniemi, R.J. (2022). Multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation system for electronically targeted brain stimulation, Brain Stimulation 15(1), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2021.11.014

Nurmi, S., Karttunen, J., Souza, V. H., Ilmoniemi, R. J. &  Nieminen, J. O. (2021). Trade-off between stimulation focality and the number of coils in multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Neural Engineering, 18. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ac3207

Pieramico G., Guidotti R., Nieminen A. E., D'Andrea A., Basti A., Souza V. H., Nieminen J. O., Lioumis P., Ilmoniemi R. J., Romani G. L., Pizzella V., Marzetti L. (2023). TMS-Induced Modulation of EEG Functional Connectivity Is Affected by the E-Field Orientation. Brain Sciences, 13(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030418

Pillen S., Shulga A., Zrenner C., Ziemann U., Bergmann T. O. (2023) Repetitive sensorimotor mu-alpha phase-targeted afferent stimulation produces no phase-dependent plasticity related changes in somatosensory evoked potentials or sensory thresholds. PLoS One 18:e0293546. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293546

Rösch J., Vetter D. E., Baldassarre A., Souza V. H., Lioumis P., Roine T., Jooß A., Baur D., Kozák G., Jovellar D. B., Vaalto S., Romani G. L., Ilmoniemi R. J., Ziemann U. (2024) Individualized treatment of motor stroke: a perspective on open-loop, closedloop and adaptive closed-loop brain state-dependent TMS. Clinical Neurophysiology 158:204-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.10.004

Sinisalo, H., Rissanen, I., Kahilakoski, O. P., Souza, V. H., Tommila, T., Laine, M., Nyrhinen, M., Ukharova, E., Granö, I., Soto, A. M., Matsuda, R. H., Rantala, R., Guidotti, R., Kičić, D., Lioumis, P., Mutanen, T., Pizzella, V., Marzetti, L., Roine, T., Stenroos, M., Ilmoniemi, R. J. (2024). Modulating brain networks in space and time: Multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation. Clinical Neurophysiology (Vol. 158). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2023.12.007

Song Y., Gordon P. C., Metsomaa J., Rostami M., Belardinelli P., Ziemann U. (2024) Evoked EEG Responses to TMS Targeting Regions Outside the Primary Motor Cortex and Their Test-Retest Reliability. Brain Topography 37:19-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-023-01018-y

Stefanou, M. I., Galevska, D., Zrenner, C., Ziemann, U., & Nieminen, J. O. (2020). Interhemispheric symmetry of µ-rhythm phase-dependency of corticospinal excitability. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64390-w

Syrjälä, J., Basti, A., Guidotti, R., Marzetti, L., & Pizzella, V. (2021). Decoding working memory task condition using MEG source level long-range phase coupling patterns. Journal of Neural Engineering, 18, 016027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/abcefe

Tardelli, G. P., Souza, V. H., Matsuda, R. H., Garcia, M., Novikov, P. A., Nazarova, M. A., & Baffa, O. (2022). Forearm and Hand Muscles Exhibit High Coactivation and Overlapping of Cortical Motor Representations. Brain Topography, 35(3), 322–336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-022-00893-1

Tervo, A. E., Metsomaa, J., Nieminen, J. O., Sarvas, J., & Ilmoniemi, R. J. (2020). Automated search of stimulation targets with closed-loop transcranial magnetic stimulation. NeuroImage, 117082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117082

Tervo, A.E., Nieminen, J.O., Lioumis, P., Metsomaa, J., Souza, V.H., Sinisalo, H., Stenroos, M., Sarvas J., Ilmoniemi, R.J. (2022). Closed-loop optimization of transcranial magnetic stimulation with electroencephalography feedback. Brain Stimulation, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.01.016

Tugin, S., Souza, V.H., Nazarova, M.A., Novikov, P.A., Tervo, A.E., Nieminen, J.O., Lioumis, P., Ziemann, U., Nikulin, V.V. & Ilmoniemi R.J. (2021). Effect of stimulus orientation and intensity on short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and facilitation (SICF): A multi-channel transcranial magnetic stimulation study. PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257554

Souza, V.H., Nieminen, J.O., Tugin, S., Koponen, L.M., Baffa, O. & Ilmoniemi, R.J. (2022). TMS with fast and accurate electronic control: Measuring the orientation sensitivity of corticomotor pathways. Brain Stimulation 15(2), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2022.01.009

Vetter D. E., Zrenner C., Belardinelli P., Mutanen T. P., Kozák G., Marzetti L., Ziemann U. (2023) Targeting motor cortex high-excitability states defined by functional connectivity with real-time EEG-TMS. NeuroImage, 120427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120427

Ziemann, U., Romani, G. L. & Ilmoniemi, R. J. (2019). ConnectToBrain: Synergy-Projekt zur Closed-loop-Stimulationstherapie von Netzwerkerkrankungen des Gehirns. Der Nervenarzt, 90(8), 804-808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-019-0747-x

Zrenner, C., Galevska, D., Nieminen, J. O., Baur, D., Stefanou, M. I., & Ziemann, U. (2020). The shaky ground truth of real-time phase estimation. NeuroImage, 116761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116761

Zrenner C., Belardinelli P., Ermolova M., Gordon P. C., Stenroos M., Zrenner B., Ziemann U. (2022) µ-rhythm phase from somatosensory but not motor cortex correlates with corticospinal excitability in EEG-triggered TMS. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 109662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109662

Zrenner C., Kozák G., Schaworonkow N., Metsomaa J., Baur D., Vetter D., Blumberger D. M., Ziemann U., Belardinelli P. (2023) Corticospinal excitability is highest at the early rising phase of sensorimotor µ-rhythm. NeuroImage, 266:119805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119805

Zrenner C., Ziemann U. (2024) Closed-loop brain stimulation. Biological Psychiatry, 95:545-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.09.014

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Contact

Principal investigators:
Prof. Risto Ilmoniemi, Aalto University
Prof. Dr. Ulf Ziemann, University of Tübingen
Prof. Gian Luca Romani, University of Chieti-Pescara

Full list:
https://www.connecttobrain.eu/people

Links

Aalto Universityhttps://www.aalto.fi/en

University of Tübingenhttps://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/

University of Chieti–Pescara
https://en.unich.it/

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