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Dynamic Clamp Methods to Investigate Impaired Neuronal Excitability Associated with Autism
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2025
Dynamic clamp electrophysiology can establish causal links between neuronal firing deficits and ion channel dysfunction. We describe dynamic clamp methods and protocols in mouse cerebellar Purkinje neurons, noting useful resources and technical considerations. In a representative study, we add modeled sodium conductance to Tsc1-/- Purkinje neurons to rescue repetitive firing.
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Corticospinal Excitability Modulation During Action Observation
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2013
Single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation over the primary motor cortex, neuronavigation, and registration of electromyographic activity of hand muscles were used in this study to explore corticospinal excitability while participants were observing action sequences.
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Assessing Primary Motor Cortex Excitability and Excitability Modulation by Pairing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Electromyography
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2025
Here, we present a protocol outlining the methodology to assess primary motor cortex excitability and excitability modulation using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) paired with electromyography (EMG).
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Nerve Excitability Assessment in Chemotherapy-induced Neurotoxicity
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2012
This abstract describes a novel method to assess the development of neurotoxicity in patients receiving chemotherapy treatment. While conventional assessment methods are limited in their ability to detect early changes in nerve function, nerve excitability techniques provide early identification of patients at risk of severe neurotoxicity and insight into pathophysiology.
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Using TMS to Measure Motor Excitability During Action Observation
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2023
Source: Laboratories of Jonas T. Kaplan and Sarah I. Gimbel—University of Southern California Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that involves passing current through an insulated coil placed against the scalp. A brief magnetic field is created by current in the coil, and because of the physical process of induction, this leads to a current in the nearby neural tissue. Depending on the duration, frequency, and magnitude of these magnetic...
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The outcome reflects competition among several pathways rather than a single inevitable decay route. After photon absorption, excitation may be redistributed through vibrational relaxation, move between electronic states, transfer to another species, or appear as fluorescence or phosphorescence. The relative importance of these routes determines whether energy is stored, transferred, or released, linking molecular structure to photochemical behavior.
Internal conversion and intersystem crossing are distinct state-transition pathways that compete with radiative and nonradiative outcomes. In the same excited-state sequence, fluorescence and phosphorescence provide observable light-emission channels, while nonradiative decay provides a route without that emission. Separating these possibilities helps explain why related molecules can show different temporal behavior, emission, or photochemical reactivity.
Changes in molecular structure, solvent, temperature, and interactions with neighboring species can shift the balance among relaxation, transfer, state-transition, and emission pathways. These variables alter how excitation evolves after absorption, so observations made under one set of conditions may not predict behavior under another. Comparing controlled conditions is therefore important when interpreting chemical systems.
Energy transfer and charge separation represent different ways excitation can influence a larger chemical system. Transfer moves excitation between interacting species, whereas charge separation is a distinct electronic outcome; both can compete with fluorescence, phosphorescence, or nonradiative decay. Their competition is especially relevant to light-responsive catalysts, sensors, and photovoltaic materials, where energy handling affects performance.
Researchers examine a system after it absorbs energy, then follow its evolution with measurements that resolve changes over time. The resulting temporal information helps distinguish ultrafast processes from longer-lived behavior and associate observed changes with vibrational relaxation, state transitions, energy transfer, or emission. This approach connects measured signals to competing pathways in a molecule or material.
These measurements can show whether excitation is stored, transferred, or released, and can reveal the sequence of processes connecting absorption with later behavior. In chemistry, that information helps relate molecular structure and environmental conditions to photochemical reactivity, charge separation, and energy transfer. It also supports comparisons among light-responsive systems designed for different functions.
Excited State Dynamics connects light absorption with performance in materials and molecular systems. By identifying relaxation, transfer, emission, and charge-separation pathways, researchers can interpret how an excited system stores or uses energy rather than simply observing that it responds to light. This context is useful for studying light-responsive catalysts, sensors, and photovoltaic materials.