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Description: Explore state dependency effects on TMS-induced phosphene behavior using visual adaptation. This method reveals how priming neural pathways with specific stimuli influences predictable phosphene responses in neuroscience research.

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1)	Preparation
<ol>
<li>To begin, seat the subject in a comfortable chair in front of a computer screen.</li>
<li>Use a tape measure to ensure the distance between the screen and the subject's nasion is 60 cm.</li>
<li>Finally, place a light-blocking mask over the subject's eyes.</li>
</ol>
2) Determining Phosphene Threshold over V1/V2
<ol>
<li>Knowing the subject's phosphene threshold will be important when exploring phosphenic behavior later in this protocol. To determine this threshold, first set the TMS machine to 70% power.</li>
<li>Hold the coil so the top of the figure-8 faces cranial midline.</li>
<li>Begin single-pulse stimulation at a point about 3 cm above the inion.</li>
<li>After each pulse, ask the subject to report any phosphenic experience.</li>
<li>Begin moving the coil in a small search grid around this region (V1/V2).</li>
<li>Determine the location where stimulation elicits consistent and unambiguous phosphene reports from the subject. It has been theorized that TMS will be unable to elicit phosphenes in around 40% of the population, so there is a chance the subject will not report anything. If this is the case, unfortunately, this experiment will not work. The subject should be allowed to leave.</li>
<li>Once the phosphenic "hotspot" has been located, adjust the TMS power output up and down until the subject reports phosphenes for exactly 3 of 6 consecutive pulses. This power level is the subject's V1/V2 threshold. If available, neuronavigation can be used to achieve greater spatial precision when locating and targeting the V1/V2 hotspot.</li>
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3) Determining Phosphenic Threshold over the V5/MT+ Complex
<ol>
<li>Using the same aforementioned procedure and parameters, we will now determine phosphene threshold over the V5/MT+ complex. To locate this region, begin at a point 3 cm dorsal and 5 cm lateral to the subject's inion.</li>
<li>After each pulse, ask the subject to report any phosphenic experience.</li>
<li>Again, using single pulses, begin a small search grid pattern until unambiguous and consistent phosphenes are elicited.</li>
<li>Finally, adjust the TMS power output up and down until the subject reports phosphenes for exactly 3 of 6 consecutive pulses. This power level is the subject's V5/MT+ complex threshold. Again, if available, neuronavigation can be used to achieve greater spatial precision when locating and targeting the V5/MT+ hotspot.</li>
</ol>
4)	Determining Baseline Phosphene Behavior
<ol>
<li>Once phosphene threshold has been determined for both visual areas, we need to measure baseline phosphenic behavior. To do this, first remove the subject's light-blocking mask.</li>
<li>Next, instruct the subject to stare at a stable fixation cross presented in the center of the computer screen for 60 seconds.</li>
<li>Replace the mask and, over the V1/V2 hot spot, generate a single pulse train for 3-seconds at 120% V1/V2 threshold.</li>
<li>Wait five-seconds and conduct another train.</li>
<li>Again, wait five-seconds and conduct a third train.</li>
<li>After the third single pulse train, ask the subject to describe the location and motive characteristics of any elicited phosphenes. This will be the baseline.</li>
<li>Repeat this same procedure over the V5/MT+ hot spot (remember to reset the TMS power to 120% of the V5/MT+ threshold).</li>
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5) Condition Number One
<ol>
<li>Once the phophenic baseline has been determined, remove the subject's light-blocking mask once again.</li>
<li>Instruct the subject to stare at a stable fixation cross presented in the center of the computer screen for 60 seconds. This time, rather than a blank screen, we will embed a series of moving dots at several locations around the cross. 
<img src="/files/ftp_upload/2273/2273fig1.jpg" alt="Vector field diagram illustrating fluid dynamics with directional flow arrows." data-altupdatedat="1788235205000" data-alt="Figure 1"> 
Figure 1. Adapting stimuli for condition one: simple translational motion. All dots move coherently either to the left or right. 
Make sure all the dots are moving in the same direction. This stimulus should serve to engender visual adaptation: a phenomenon in which changes in neural excitability as induced by prolonged exposure to a stimuli serves to bias the perception of subsequently presented stimuli.</li>
<li>After 60 seconds, replace the mask and, over the V1/V2 hotspot, generate a single pulse train for 3 seconds at 120% V1/V2 threshold.</li>
<li>Wait five-seconds and repeat two more times.</li>
<li>After three trains, ask the subject to report the locations and motive characteristics of any elicited phosphenes. If available, the use of an eye movement tracking system in a dark room can help achieve greater precision and quantitative monitoring of the eye movements made by subjects during phosphene elicitations.</li>
<li>Continue this three-train/report sequence until phosphene behavior returns to baseline activity.</li>
<li>Repeat this procedure for the V5/MT+ complex hotspot.</li>
</ol>
6)	Condition Number Two
<ol>
<li>In this second condition, repeat the same procedure utilized for condition one. This time, however, rather than presenting the subject with a series of dots moving in a singular direction, present the subject with a series of dots each moving in its relative cardinal direction away from a central point - similar to a "star burst" pattern. 
<img src="/files/ftp_upload/2273/2273fig2.jpg" alt="Static equilibrium diagram, ΣFx=0, force vectors, visual representation of balance in mechanical systems." data-altupdatedat="1788235205000" data-alt="Figure 2"> 
Figure 2. Adapting stimuli for condition two: radial motion. Dots move in respective cardinal directions either towards or away from a central point.</li>
<li>As before, after 60 seconds, replace the mask, conduct a series of three, 120% threshold trains over V1/V2, ask for a subject report, and continue until baseline returns.</li>
<li>Repeat for V5/MT+.</li>
</ol>
7) Diagram
<ol>
<li>As an option, after each condition (or after all conditions are completed), ask the subject to draw the regions and motive behavior of each series of phopsphenes onto a graph. This is not an integral step but will supply you with another set of interpretable data.</li>
</ol>
8) Representative Results

Visual adaptation to the uni-directional motive stimuli should elicit an identical phosphenic movement over V1/V2. 
<img src="/files/ftp_upload/2273/2273fig3.jpg" alt="Phosphene adaptation diagrams: pre and post-adaptation, visual perception study analysis." data-altupdatedat="1788235205000" data-alt="Figure 3"> 
Figure 3. Examples of phosphenes induced from V1/V2 in the right and left hemisphere during condition one (based on the drawings of subjects). 
The V5/MT+ complex phosphenes should also be affected, such that the phosphene now will appear as a sum of the motion direction in the adapting stimulus and the baseline phosphene.
However, visual adaptation to the starburst pattern should elicit an identical starburst phosphenic movement from the V5/MT+ complex, but should not change the V1/V2 baseline. 
<img src="/files/ftp_upload/2273/2273fig4.jpg" alt="Phosphenes adaptation diagram; pre- and post-adaptation circular data with directional vectors." data-altupdatedat="1788235205000" data-alt="Figure 4"> 
Figure 4. Examples of phosphenes induced from the V5/MT+ complex in the right and left hemisphere during condition two (based on the drawings of subjects).

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No conflicts of interest declared.

This experiment gets at the heart of state dependency. Neurons in V1/V2 are thought to correspond with simple, directional movement.7,8 Therefore, adaptation to the uni-directional motive stimuli increased the excitability of neurons registering this movement - as such, they should be the first to react to the TMS pulse. The V5/MT+ complex also contains neurons tuned to simple translational motion, therefore the phosphenes induced from this region should also be affected by the adapting stimulus. However, th...

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neurostimulatory and neuromodulatory technique that can transiently or lastingly modulate cortical excitability (either increasing or decreasing it) via the application of localized magnetic field pulses.1,2 Within the field of TMS, the term state dependency refers to the initial, baseline condition of the particular neural region targeted for stimulation. As can be inferred, the effects of TMS can (and do) vary according to this primary susceptibility and responsiveness of the targeted cortical area.3,4,5

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