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ReviewFrontiers in systems neuroscience2014

Not all brains are created equal: the relevance of individual differences in responsiveness to transcranial electrical stimulation.

Beatrix Krause, Roi Cohen Kadosh

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Review in Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 165 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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165citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
18.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

165 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 334 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. The efficacy of transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) on mood may depend on individual differences including age and trait mood.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2018
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  18. Functional role of frontal alpha oscillations in creativity.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beatrix KrauseDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Oxford, UK.
Roi Cohen KadoshDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Oxford, UK.
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A current issue in the research of augmentation of brain functions using transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) is the diversity and inconsistency in outcome results. Similar studies often report different results, depending on the parameters and tasks used. Such inconsistencies have led to significant doubts about the efficacy of the method in the broader scientific community, despite its promising potential for patient recovery and treatment. Evidence on the large variability in individual cortical excitability and response to tES suggests that stimulation may affect individuals differently, depending on the subject's age, gender, brain state, hormonal levels, and pre-existing regional excitability. Certain factors might even lead to the reversal of polarity-dependent effects, and therefore have crucial implications for neurorehabilitation and cognitive enhancement. Research paradigms may have to be refined in the future to avoid the confounding effects of such factors.

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Identifiers

PMID24605090
PMCPMC3932631
OpenAlexW2115679772

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