Transcranial alternating current and random noise stimulation: possible mechanisms

A Antal, CS Herrmann - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is a relatively recent method
suited to noninvasively modulate brain oscillations. Technically the method is similar but not …

Transcranial alternating current stimulation: a review of the underlying mechanisms and modulation of cognitive processes

CS Herrmann, S Rach, T Neuling… - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Brain oscillations of different frequencies have been associated with a variety of cognitive
functions. Convincing evidence supporting those associations has been provided by studies …

Entrainment of brain oscillations by transcranial alternating current stimulation

RF Helfrich, TR Schneider, S Rach… - Current biology, 2014 - cell.com
Novel methods for neuronal entrainment [1–4] provide the unique opportunity to modulate
perceptually relevant brain oscillations [5, 6] in a frequency-specific manner and to study …

Transcranial focused ultrasound neuromodulation of the human primary motor cortex

W Legon, P Bansal, R Tyshynsky, L Ai, JK Mueller - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Transcranial focused ultrasound is an emerging form of non-invasive neuromodulation that
uses acoustic energy to affect neuronal excitability. The effect of ultrasound on human motor …

Applications of transcranial direct current stimulation for understanding brain function

HL Filmer, PE Dux, JB Mattingley - Trends in neurosciences, 2014 - cell.com
In recent years there has been an exponential rise in the number of studies employing
transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a means of gaining a systems-level …

Inter-subject variability in electric fields of motor cortical tDCS

I Laakso, S Tanaka, S Koyama, V De Santis, A Hirata - Brain stimulation, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The sources of inter-subject variability in the efficacy of transcranial direct
current stimulation (tDCS) remain unknown. One potential source of variations is the brain's …

The future of brain circuit-targeted therapeutics

SH Siddiqi, S Khosravani, JD Rolston… - …, 2024 - nature.com
The principle of targeting brain circuits has drawn increasing attention with the growth of
brain stimulation treatments such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), deep brain …

Determinants of the electric field during transcranial direct current stimulation

A Opitz, W Paulus, S Will, A Antunes, A Thielscher - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) causes a complex spatial distribution of the
electric current flow in the head which hampers the accurate localization of the stimulated …

Orchestrating neuronal networks: sustained after-effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation depend upon brain states

T Neuling, S Rach, CS Herrmann - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The interest in transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) has significantly increased
in the past decade. It has potential to modulate brain oscillations in a frequency specific …

Origins of specificity during tDCS: anatomical, activity-selective, and input-bias mechanisms

M Bikson, A Rahman - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is investigated for a broad range of
neuropsychiatric indications, various rehabilitation applications, and to modulate cognitive …