Essential information

All users of the shared TMS facility are expected to be familiar with the information within this section. Please be sure to read all of the numbered bullet points before conducting any TMS studies in the lab.

1. Starting a new TMS experiment
2. Getting ethics for a TMS study
3. Using the MagStim Rapid² system
4. Handling the TMS coils
5. Using the stimulus PC
6. Triggering the TMS system from a stimulus computer
7. Using the frameless stereotaxy system
8. Using the Brainsight iMac
9. Running a TMS session
10. Using the web-based TMS calendar
11. What to do in the event of an incident
12. Frequenly asked questions (FAQ)

Additional information

Within this section, there are How To documents for performing a variety of common tasks which may be helpful. If you have any ideas for additional topics, please contact Joe Devlin with your suggestion.

• Getting a structural scan at BUCNI for TMS
• Tranferring BUCNI scans to the Brainsight iMac
• Getting a structural scan from another TMS researcher
• Marking a standard space coordinate using Brainsight
• Marking a standard space coordinate using FSL tools
• Measuring motor threshold
• Measuring MEPs using the MEP pod
• Measuring phosphene threshold
• Calibrating a coil
• Using functional overlays in Brainsight