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Sensitization protocols can increase sensory and neural responsiveness in humans.
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Is it true that sensitization protocols can increase sensory and neural responsiveness in humans?
Yes. Multiple human and neurophysiological studies demonstrate that sensory and brain stimulation protocols effectively increase sensory perception and neural excitability.
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The claim states that sensitization protocols can increase sensory and neural responsiveness in humans. Retrieved papers [0], [1], [2], [4], and [8] all provide direct empirical support from human and in vivo neuroimaging studies showing that various repetitive sensory and brain stimulation protocols increase cortical excitability, gray matter volume in sensory areas, or perceptual performance. There are no refuting papers.
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Demonstrates that short-term repetitive somatosensory stimulation improves tactile discrimination and induces structural gray matter changes in the human somatosensory cortex.
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Schmidt-Wilcke, T., Wulms, N., Heba, S., Pleger, B., Puts, N., Glaubitz, B., Kalisch, T., Tegenthoff, M., & Dinse, H. (2018). Structural changes in brain morphology induced by brief periods of repetitive sensory stimulation. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.10.016
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Shows that repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation enhances cortical excitability and motor output in humans.
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Nito, M., Katagiri, N., Yoshida, K., Koseki, T., Kudo, D., Nanba, S., Tanabe, S., & Yamaguchi, T. (2021). Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation of Wrist Extensors Enhances Cortical Excitability and Motor Performance in Healthy Individuals. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.632716
Demonstrates that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and trans-spinal direct current stimulation modulate corticospinal and cortical excitability in humans.
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Albuquerque, P. L. d., Campêlo, M., Mendonça, T., Fontes, L., Brito, R., & Monte-Silva, K. (2018). Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and trans-spinal direct current stimulation associated with treadmill exercise in spinal cord and cortical excitability of healthy subjects: A triple-blind, randomized and sham-controlled study. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195276
Finds that somatosensory cortex repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with sensory stimulation alters somatosensory and motor cortical excitability.
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Zanona, A. d. F., Silva, A. C. R. d., Maciel, A. B. d. R., Nascimento, L. S. G. d., Silva, A. B. d., Piscitelli, D., & Monte-Silva, K. (2023). Sensory and motor cortical excitability changes induced by rTMS and sensory stimulation in stroke: A randomized clinical trial. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.985754
Provides direct evidence from in vivo imaging that repetitive brain stimulation protocols modulate prefrontal cortical excitability.
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Salimi, M., Nazari, M., Mishler, J., Mishra, J., & Ramanathan, D. S. (2025). Divergent responses of glutamatergic and GABAergic prefrontal neurons underlie changes in excitability following low and high frequency repetitive brain stimulation.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2025.08.021
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