ReviewFrontiers in psychology2016
Modulating Motor Learning through Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation: An Integrative View.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Effect of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Learning: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2019Pooled it
- Variant Target Effects on Motor Learning With M1 Anodal tDCS.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
- The Treatment of Cervicogenic Headache with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Exercise Therapy: A Randomized Control Trial Evaluating Functional Outcomes.NeuroRehabilitation · 2025Trial
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- The effects of concurrent bilateral anodal tDCS of primary motor cortex and cerebellum on corticospinal excitability: a randomized, double-blind sham-controlled study.Brain structure & function · 2022Trial
- Transcranial direct current stimulation leads to faster acquisition of motor skills, but effects are not maintained at retention.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with robotic training in incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial.Spinal cord series and cases · 2021Trial
- Increased leg muscle fatigability during 2 mA and 4 mA transcranial direct current stimulation over the left motor cortex.Experimental brain research · 2020Trial
- M1 a-tDCS does not acutely enhance motor skill acquisition of a dexterous, timing-based videogame task in adults.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Impact of immersive virtual reality and transcranial direct current stimulation over the parietal cortex on motor response.AIMS neuroscience · 2026Article
- Effects of a single tDCS with mirror therapy stimulation on hand function in healthy individuals.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Resolving inconsistent effects of tDCS on learning using a homeostatic structural plasticity model.Frontiers in network physiology · 2025Article
- Behavioral Validation of Individualized Low-Intensity Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES) Protocols.eNeuro · 2023Article
- Effects of tDCS on Foot Biomechanics: A Narrative Review and Clinical Applications.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Optimizing the Effect of tDCS on Motor Sequence Learning in the Elderly.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Neurophysiological biomarkers of motor improvement from Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy and Robot-Assisted Therapy in participants with stroke.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Alterations in learning-related cortical activation and functional connectivity by high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation after stroke: an fNIRS study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- The effect of action observation combined with high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation on motor performance in healthy adults: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- A randomized sham-controlled trial on the effects of dual-tDCS "during" physical therapy on lower limb performance in sub-acute stroke and a comparison to the previous study using a "before" stimulation protocol.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Discernible effects of tDCS over the primary motor and posterior parietal cortex on different stages of motor learning.Brain structure & function · 2022Article
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Abstract
Motor learning consists of the ability to improve motor actions through practice playing a major role in the acquisition of skills required for high-performance sports or motor function recovery after brain lesions. During the last decades, it has been reported that transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS), consisting in applying weak direct current through the scalp, is able of inducing polarity-specific changes in the excitability of cortical neurons. This low-cost, painless and well-tolerated portable technique has found a wide-spread use in the motor learning domain where it has been successfully applied to enhance motor learning in healthy individuals and for motor recovery after brain lesion as well as in pathological states associated to motor deficits. The main objective of this mini-review is to offer an integrative view about the potential use of tDCS for human motor learning modulation. Furthermore, we introduce the basic mechanisms underlying immediate and long-term effects associated to tDCS along with important considerations about its limitations and progression in recent years.
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