Outside access: advances in tDCS could provide a mainstream clinical tool for noninvasive neuromodulation

Herschel Caytak; Daniel Shapiro; Alexey Borisenko; Miodrag Bolic

doi:10.1109/MPUL.2014.2386551

Outside access: advances in tDCS could provide a mainstream clinical tool for noninvasive neuromodulation

IEEE Pulse. 2015 Mar-Apr;6(2):21-4. doi: 10.1109/MPUL.2014.2386551.

Authors

Herschel Caytak, Daniel Shapiro, Alexey Borisenko, Miodrag Bolic

PMID: 25782108
DOI: 10.1109/MPUL.2014.2386551

Abstract

A treatment for depression, chronic pain, cravings, and more--this is the emerging field of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). In tDCS, transcranial means through the skull, and direct current is a weak stimulation current delivered to the brain using noninvasive electrodes placed on the scalp [Figure 1(a)].

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Engineering
Brain / physiology
Brain / physiopathology
Depression / therapy
Humans
Patient Safety
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation* / adverse effects
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation* / instrumentation
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation* / methods
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation* / statistics & numerical data