Transcranial direct current stimulation: five important issues we aren't discussing (but probably should be)

JC Horvath, O Carter, JD Forte - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulatory device often publicized
for its ability to enhance cognitive and behavioral performance. These enhancement claims …

[HTML][HTML] Rigor and reproducibility in research with transcranial electrical stimulation: An NIMH-sponsored workshop

M Bikson, AR Brunoni, LE Charvet, VP Clark… - Brain stimulation, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Neuropsychiatric disorders are a leading source of disability and require novel
treatments that target mechanisms of disease. As such disorders are thought to result from …

Measurements and models of electric fields in the in vivo human brain during transcranial electric stimulation

Y Huang, AA Liu, B Lafon, D Friedman, M Dayan… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Transcranial electric stimulation aims to stimulate the brain by applying weak electrical
currents at the scalp. However, the magnitude and spatial distribution of electric fields in the …

Gyri-precise head model of transcranial direct current stimulation: improved spatial focality using a ring electrode versus conventional rectangular pad

A Datta, V Bansal, J Diaz, J Patel, D Reato, M Bikson - Brain stimulation, 2009 - Elsevier
The spatial resolution of conventional transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is
considered to be relatively diffuse owing to skull dispersion. However, we show that electric …

Optimized multi-electrode stimulation increases focality and intensity at target

JP Dmochowski, A Datta, M Bikson, Y Su… - Journal of neural …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) provides a non-invasive tool to elicit
neuromodulation by delivering current through electrodes placed on the scalp. The present …

[HTML][HTML] The New York Head—A precise standardized volume conductor model for EEG source localization and tES targeting

Y Huang, LC Parra, S Haufe - NeuroImage, 2016 - Elsevier
In source localization of electroencephalograpic (EEG) signals, as well as in targeted
transcranial electric current stimulation (tES), a volume conductor model is required to …

Computational models of transcranial direct current stimulation

M Bikson, A Rahman, A Datta - Clinical EEG and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
During transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), controllable dose parameters are
electrode number (typically 1 anode and 1 cathode), position, size, shape, and applied …

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex modulates declarative memory

AH Javadi, V Walsh - Brain stimulation, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have claimed that weak transcranial direct current
stimulation (tDCS) induces persisting activity changes in the human motor cortex and …

Inconsistent outcomes of transcranial direct current stimulation may originate from anatomical differences among individuals: electric field simulation using individual …

JH Kim, DW Kim, WH Chang, YH Kim, K Kim, CH Im - Neuroscience letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neuromodulation protocol that can
facilitate or inhibit cortical excitability in particular areas of the brain. Although recent studies …

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in a realistic head model

RJ Sadleir, TD Vannorsdall, DJ Schretlen, B Gordon - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Distributions of current produced by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in humans
were predicted by a finite-element model representing several individual and collective …