ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2016
Anodal Direct Current Stimulation of the Cerebellum Reduces Cerebellar Brain Inhibition but Does Not Influence Afferent Input from the Hand or Face in Healthy Adults.
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- Inhibitory Circuits of the Sensorimotor Network are Not Modulated By Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Isolated Cervical Dystonia.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Does Not Alter Somatosensory Temporal Discrimination Threshold.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Trial
- Cerebellar rhythms: mechanisms, functions and translational opportunities.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Effects of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Cerebellar Brain Inhibition as a Function of TMS Coil Orientation.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- A Novel Paired Somatosensory-Cerebellar Stimulation Induces Plasticity on Cerebellar-Brain Connectivity.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024Article
- Investigation of Neuromodulatory Effect of Anodal Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Primary Motor Cortex Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2024Article
- Changes in Corticospinal Excitability and Motor Control During Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Individuals.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2023Article
- Utilising TMS-EEG to Assess the Response to Cerebellar-Brain Inhibition.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2023Article
- Consensus Paper: Novel Directions and Next Steps of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of the Cerebellum in Health and Disease.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Article
- Cerebellar tDCS as Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxias.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Article
- Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation Does Not Affect Implicit Sensorimotor Adaptation: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Interactions Between Cerebellum and the Intracortical Excitatory Circuits of Motor Cortex: a Mini-Review.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Review
- Specific sensorimotor interneuron circuits are sensitive to cerebellar-attention interactions.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Cerebellar transcranial current stimulation - An intraindividual comparison of different techniques.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Transcranial direct current stimulation of cerebellum alters spiking precision in cerebellar cortex: A modeling study of cellular responses.PLoS computational biology · 2021Article
- A Causal Role of the Cerebellum in Auditory Feedback Control of Vocal Production.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2021Article
- A narrative review on non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum in neurological diseases.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Review
- Epidural cerebellar stimulation drives widespread neural synchrony in the intact and stroke perilesional cortex.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Cerebellar rTMS and PAS effectively induce cerebellar plasticity.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Consensus Paper: Experimental Neurostimulation of the Cerebellum.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe cerebellum controls descending motor commands by outputs to primary motor cortex (M1) and the brainstem in response to sensory feedback. The cerebellum may also modulate afferent input en route to M1 and the brainstem.
objectiveThe objective of this study is to determine if anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the cerebellum influences cerebellar brain inhibition (CBI), short afferent inhibition (SAI) and trigeminal reflexes (TRs) in healthy adults.
methodsData from two studies evaluating effects of cerebellar anodal and sham tDCS are presented. The first study used a twin coil transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocol to investigate CBI and combined TMS and cutaneous stimulation of the digit to assess SAI. The second study evaluated effects on trigemino-cervical and trigemino-masseter reflexes using peripheral nerve stimulation of the face.
resultsFourteen right-handed healthy adults participated in experiment 1. CBI was observed at baseline and was reduced by anodal cerebellar DCS only (P < 0.01). There was SAI at interstimulus intervals of 25 and 30 ms at baseline (both P < 0.0001), but cerebellar tDCS had no effect. Thirteen right-handed healthy adults participated in experiment 2. Inhibitory reflexes were evoked in the ipsilateral masseter and sternocleidomastoid muscles. There was no effect of cerebellar DCS on either reflex.
conclusionsAnodal DCS reduced CBI but did not change SAI or TRs in healthy adults. These results require confirmation in individuals with neurological impairment.
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