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@ARTICLE{Moser:277799,
author = {Moser, Ismael and Engelhardt, Melina and Grittner, Ulrike
and Ferreira, Felipe Monte Santo Regino and Denker, Maren
and Reinsch, Jennifer and Fischer, Lisa and Link, Tilman and
Heppner, Frank L and Capper, David and Vajkoczy, Peter and
Picht, Thomas and Rosenstock, Tizian},
title = {{A}nalysis of {N}euronal {E}xcitability {P}rofiles for
{M}otor-{E}loquent {B}rain {T}umor {E}ntities {U}sing n{TMS}
in 800 {P}atients.},
journal = {Cancers},
volume = {17},
number = {6},
issn = {2072-6694},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00477},
pages = {935},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Non-invasive motor mapping with navigated transcranial
magnetic stimulation (nTMS) is an established diagnostic
tool to identify spatial relationships between functional
and tumor areas and to characterize motor excitability.
Recently, nTMS has been used to analyze the impact of
different brain tumor entities on motor excitability.
However, entity-specific excitability patterns are not
sufficiently validated yet.We retrospectively analyzed nTMS
motor mapping data of 800 motor-eloquent brain tumor
patients in this observational study. The motor excitability
profile consisted of four nTMS parameters (resting motor
threshold (RMT), cortical motor area, amplitude and latency)
measured on both hemispheres. The relationship between motor
excitability parameters and tumor entity, glioma subtype and
motor status were assessed using multiple regressions
analyses. Regression models included patient- and
tumor-specific factors.Gliomas had more frequent pathologic
RMT ratios (OR 1.76, $95\%CI:$ 1.06-2.89, p = 0.030)
compared to benign entities. In the subgroup of gliomas,
pathologic RMT ratios were more associated with the
isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-wildtype status (OR 0.43,
$95\%CI:$ 0.23-0.79, p = 0.006) and less so with higher WHO
grades (OR 1.61, $95\%CI:$ 0.96-2.71, p = 0.074). This was
true for both IDH-mutant astrocytomas (OR 0.43, $95\%CI:$
0.20-0.91, p = 0.027) and IDH-mutant oligodendrogliomas (OR
0.43, $95\%CI:$ 0.20-0.93, p = 0.031). Motor area
enlargement on the tumor hemisphere was more frequently
observed in lower WHO-graded gliomas (OR 0.87, $95\%CI:$
0.78-0.97, p = 0.019). Interestingly, a larger cortical
motor area was additionally found for oligodendrogliomas on
the healthy hemisphere (OR 1.18, $95\%CI:$ 1.01-1.39, p =
0.041). Motor deficits were related with higher RMT (OR
1.12, $95\%CI:$ 1.05-1.21, p = 0.001), reduced amplitude (OR
0.78, $95\%CI:$ 0.64-0.96, p = 0.019) and prolonged latency
(OR 1.12, $95\%CI:$ 1.02-1.24, p = 0.025) in the tumor
hemisphere.Neuroplastic phenomena such as adjustment of the
motor excitability level and an enlargement of the
nTMS-positive motor area were more frequently observed in
benign tumors and in IDH-mutated gliomas. Consequently,
patients experienced motor deficits less often, suggesting a
differentiated susceptibility to resection-related paresis.
Future studies will analyze which stimulation paradigms are
most effective in stimulating and optimizing neuroplasticity
processes to improve the functional outcomes (and thus the
quality of life) for patients.},
keywords = {brain tumor (Other) / corticospinal tract (Other) / glioma
(Other) / motor cortex (Other) / motor evoked potential
(Other) / motor excitability (Other) / navigated
transcranial magnetic stimulation (Other) / neuroplasticity
(Other) / resting motor threshold (Other)},
cin = {AG Heppner},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1810007},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40149270},
doi = {10.3390/cancers17060935},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/277799},
}