People are applying transcranial direct current stimulation devices on their heads in an attempt to modulate their mood.
In a group of 20 elderly (mean age 62.1 years) right-handed individuals, we applied transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS; 20 minutes, 1 mA) over the right temporoparietal cortex, while subjects acquired the correct position of buildings on a street map using an associative learning paradigm.
One previous trial applied transcranial direct current stimulation in combination with a multidisciplinary intervention for the reduction of fibromyalgia pain.
We applied transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with the aim of examining hemispheric dominance during an auditory verbal memory task.
In our experiment we applied transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the right dlPFC in order to modulate the experience of presence while watching a virtual roller coaster ride.
Here, we pioneer an alternative approach in which we noninvasively apply transcranial alternating current stimulation (TACS) over the motor cortex [ 4, 5] to induce phase cancellation of the rest tremor rhythm.
We applied transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) – which, with a cross-hemispheric electrode montage (F3 and F4 – International 10 20 EEG system), is able to disrupt brain oscillations to determine if disruption of low frequency oscillation generation during afternoon nap is causally related to disruption in declarative memory consolidation.
Moreover, since applied transcranial electric currents exert initial effects presumably by an immediate modulation of electric fields on cortical networks [3], [4], [6], [7] the occurrence of a rebound already within the first half hour following stimulation support the existence of a fast-acting cortical mechanism underlying homeostatic sleep regulation.
In 11 healthy adults, we applied transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the primary motor cortex.
Transcranial current stimulation approaches include neurophysiologically distinct non-invasive brain stimulation techniques widely applied in basic, translational and clinical research: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), oscillating transcranial direct current stimulation (otDCS), transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS).
