Adaptive Plasticity in the Healthy Language Network: Implications for Language Recovery after Stroke

Figure 2

TMS-induced suppression of the semantic network during a word decision task in a representative subject. (a) Illustration of the strong remote effects induced by continuous theta burst stimulation (cTBS) given over the left angular gyrus (AG) prior to fMRI. Relative to cTBS over the neighboring supramarginal gyrus (SMG), cTBS of AG inhibited task-related neural activity during semantic decisions in the stimulated area as well as in the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and in temporal regions. (b) Effects of cTBS on the mean reaction times (RTs) of semantic decisions. SEM = standard error of the mean.