Insights Into Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Cervical Dystonia

We will test the sensory system and its interaction with the motor cortex by using TMS. For these tests, you will sit in a chair that looks like one you would find at the dentist's office. A nerve stimulator will be placed on the wrist of your right hand to stimulate the median and ulnar nerves. The intensity of the nerve stimulator will be gradually increased until the right thumb begins to twitch. A magnetic coil will be placed on the scalp on the left side of your head, overlying the brain's motor cortex, to stimulate the brain's output to the muscles in the opposite hand. This procedure will be repeated using the left wrist and the right side of your head.