A sham-controlled, phase II trial of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of central pain in traumatic spinal cord injury

F Fregni, PS Boggio, MC Lima, MJL Ferreira, T Wagner… - PAIN®, 2006 - Elsevier
Past evidence has shown that motor cortical stimulation with invasive and non-invasive
brain stimulation is effective to relieve central pain. Here we aimed to study the effects of …

Treatment of depression with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): a review

MA Nitsche, PS Boggio, F Fregni… - Experimental neurology, 2009 - Elsevier
Major Depression Disorder (MDD) is usually accompanied by alterations of cortical activity
and excitability, especially in prefrontal areas. These are reflections of a dysfunction in a …

A randomized, sham‐controlled, proof of principle study of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of pain in fibromyalgia

F Fregni, R Gimenes, AC Valle… - … : Official Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Recent evidence suggests that fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by
dysfunctional brain activity. Because transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can …

Safety and cognitive effect of frontal DC brain polarization in healthy individuals

MB Iyer, U Mattu, J Grafman, M Lomarev, S Sato… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Data from the human motor cortex suggest that, depending on polarity, direct
current (DC) brain polarization can depress or activate cortical neurons. Activating effects on …

Modulating functional connectivity patterns and topological functional organization of the human brain with transcranial direct current stimulation

R Polanía, MA Nitsche, W Paulus - Human brain mapping, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique
that alters cortical excitability and activity in a polarity‐dependent way. Stimulation for few …

Preconditioning of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation with transcranial direct current stimulation: evidence for homeostatic plasticity in the …

HR Siebner, N Lang, V Rizzo, MA Nitsche… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent experimental work in animals has emphasized the importance of homeostatic
plasticity as a means of stabilizing the properties of neuronal circuits. Here, we report a …

Neurobiological effects of transcranial direct current stimulation: a review

LF Medeiros, ICC de Souza, LP Vidor… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique
that is affordable and easy to operate compared to other neuromodulation techniques …

Modulation of cortical excitability induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: influence of timing and geometrical parameters and underlying mechanisms

GS Pell, Y Roth, A Zangen - Progress in neurobiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that
activates neurons via generation of brief pulses of high-intensity magnetic field. If these …

The electric field in the cortex during transcranial current stimulation

PC Miranda, A Mekonnen, R Salvador, G Ruffini - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
The electric field in the cortex during transcranial current stimulation was calculated based
on a realistic head model derived from structural MR images. The aim of this study was to …

Multifocal tDCS targeting the resting state motor network increases cortical excitability beyond traditional tDCS targeting unilateral motor cortex

DB Fischer, PJ Fried, G Ruffini, O Ripolles, R Salvador… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
Scientists and clinicians have traditionally targeted single brain regions with stimulation to
modulate brain function and disease. However, brain regions do not operate in isolation, but …