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. 2005 Apr 29;26(2):100–109. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20142

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The experimental protocol. First, the touch threshold and the TMS motor threshold were determined. Then, using TMS of 120–130% MT, the S1 was preliminarily mapped to determine the hotspot where sensation of cutaneous stimulation was blocked in at least 75% of the trials. To determine the effectiveness and the time window of TMS directed to the hotspot, real TMS and real cutaneous stimulation (RR), sham TMS and real cutaneous stimulation (SR), real TMS and sham cutaneous stimulation (RS), and sham TMS and sham cutaneous stimulation (SS) conditions were presented in a counterbalanced manner at variable intervals between the TMS and cutaneous stimulation. Finally, the spatial characteristics of the TMS‐induced effect were tested by varying the cortical and cutaneous stimulation sites.