Motor learning and tDCS: A systematic review on the dependency of the stimulation effect on motor task characteristics or tDCS assembly specifications

AN Guimarães, AB Porto, AJ Marcori, GM Lage… - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
TDCS is one of the most commonly used methods among studies with transcranial electrical
stimulation and motor skills learning. Differences between study results suggest that the …

Noninvasive brain stimulation & space exploration: opportunities and challenges

SM Romanella, G Sprugnoli, G Ruffini… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
As NASA prepares for longer space missions aiming for the Moon and Mars, astronauts'
health and performance are becoming a central concern due to the threats associated with …

A randomized controlled trial to explore the efficacy and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation on patients with post-stroke fatigue

XL Dong, X Sun, WM Sun, Q Yuan, GH Yu, L Shuai… - Medicine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Post-stroke fatigue seriously affects the quality of life for stroke patients. There
is no effective treatment at present. transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non …

[HTML][HTML] Prefrontal transcranial direct-current stimulation improves early technical skills in surgery

J Ashcroft, R Patel, AJ Woods, A Darzi, H Singh… - Brain Stimulation, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Studies applying transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) to motor regions
to enhance surgical skills have observed modest benefits in performance. Early surgical …

Electroencephalography correlates of transcranial direct-current stimulation enhanced surgical skill learning: a replication and extension study

P Ciechanski, A Kirton, B Wilson, CC Williams… - Brain Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS), an increasingly applied form of non-invasive
brain stimulation, can augment the acquisition of motor skills. Motor learning investigations …

Decreasing the surgical errors by neurostimulation of primary motor cortex and the associated brain activation via neuroimaging

Y Gao, L Cavuoto, A Dutta, U Kruger, P Yan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acquisition of fine motor skills is a time-consuming process as it is based on learning via
frequent repetitions. Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) is a promising means of …

Neuroenhancement of a dexterous motor task with anodal tDCS

MA Wilson, D Greenwell, AW Meek, B Poston, ZA Riley - Brain Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Motor skill learning can cause structural and functional changes in the primary motor cortex
(M1) leading to cortical plasticity that can be associated with the performance change during …

Utilizing transcranial direct current stimulation to enhance laparoscopic technical skills training: A randomized controlled trial

ML Cox, ZD Deng, H Palmer, A Watts, L Beynel… - Brain stimulation, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain
stimulation technique that delivers constant, low electrical current resulting in changes to …

Neuroenhancement of surgeons during robotic suturing

R Patel, Y Suwa, J Kinross, A von Roon, AJ Woods… - Surgical …, 2022 - Springer
Background The initial phases of robotic surgical skills acquisition are associated with poor
technical performance, such as low knot-tensile strength (KTS). Transcranial direct-current …

Optical neuroimaging and neurostimulation in surgical training and assessment: A state-of-the-art review

M Goble, V Caddick, R Patel, H Modi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive optical
neuroimaging technique used to assess surgeons' brain function. The aim of this narrative …