Understanding the brain mechanism of hybrid-rehabilitation combining TMS and training

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24300192
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University (2015); Kyoto University (2012-2014)
• Principal Investigator: MIMA Tatsuya 立命館大学, 先端総合学術研究科, 教授 (20324618)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: リハビリテーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a new hybrid-rehabilitation technique, which combined transcranial magnetic stimulation at 5 Hz and repetitive stretch trainings (Koganemaru, Mima et al., Brain 2010). Extending this previous study, we performed the functional MRI before and after this rehabilitation and found that not only the local stimulated motor cortex but also motor-related network of the brain is changed (Koganemaru, Mima et al., NSR 2015). Our observation is important to develop scientific and objective rehabilitation technique.

Free Research Field

神経科学