• DocumentCode
    1763052
  • Title

    Outside Access: Advances in tDCS could provide a mainstream clinical tool for noninvasive neuromodulation.

  • Author

    Caytak, Herschel ; Shapiro, Daniel ; Borisenko, Alexey ; Bolic, Miodrag

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    March-April 2015
  • Firstpage
    21
  • Lastpage
    24
  • 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)].
  • Keywords
    bioelectric phenomena; brain; neurophysiology; patient treatment; brain; chronic pain; clinical tool; cravings; depression; noninvasive electrodes; noninvasive neuromodulation; patient treatment; tDCS; transcranial direct current stimulation; Brain models; Current density; Depression; Electric potential; Electrodes; Neurons; Neuroscience; Pain;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pulse, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2154-2287
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPUL.2014.2386551
  • Filename
    7059337
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1763052