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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2016

Modulating Human Auditory Processing by Transcranial Electrical Stimulation.

Kai Heimrath, Marina Fiene, Katharina S Rufener, Tino Zaehle

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Perceptual and Cognitive Effects of Focal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Auditory Cortex in Tinnitus.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2025
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  3. Tinnitus Rehabilitation Through Electrical Stimulation as a Neuromodulation Method: A Scoping Review.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kai HeimrathDepartment of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany.
Marina FieneDepartment of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany.
Katharina S RufenerDepartment of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany.
Tino ZaehleDepartment of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg Magdeburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) has become a valuable research tool for the investigation of neurophysiological processes underlying human action and cognition. In recent years, striking evidence for the neuromodulatory effects of transcranial direct current stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation, and transcranial random noise stimulation has emerged. While the wealth of knowledge has been gained about tES in the motor domain and, to a lesser extent, about its ability to modulate human cognition, surprisingly little is known about its impact on perceptual processing, particularly in the auditory domain. Moreover, while only a few studies systematically investigated the impact of auditory tES, it has already been applied in a large number of clinical trials, leading to a remarkable imbalance between basic and clinical research on auditory tES. Here, we review the state of the art of tES application in the auditory domain focussing on the impact of neuromodulation on acoustic perception and its potential for clinical application in the treatment of auditory related disorders.

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auditory processingtranscranial alternating current stimulationtranscranial direct current stimulationtranscranial random noise stimulation

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PMID27013969
PMCPMC4779894

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