ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2017
No consistent effect of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on visuomotor adaptation.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines 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
- Targeting the Human Cerebellum with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Modulate Behavior: a Meta-Analysis.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
- No effect of anodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation during motor sequence learning in older people.GeroScience · 2026Trial
- Effects of transcranial electrical stimulation of the cerebellum, parietal cortex, anterior cingulate, and motor cortex on postural adaptation.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Electrical stimulation of the cerebellum facilitates automatic but not controlled word retrieval.Brain structure & function · 2023Trial
- The effect of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation intensity on motor performance in healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Visual feedback alters force control and functional activity in the visuomotor network after stroke.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2018Trial
- The Influence of Dual Source Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Muscle Fatigue.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Somatodendritic orientation determines tDCS-induced neuromodulation of Purkinje cell activity in awake mice.eLife · 2025Article
- Noninvasive Neurostimulation to the Inferior Frontal Sulcus or Cerebellum Improves Accuracy But Not Timing in a Speech Motor Learning Task.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- The impact of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on isometric bench press performance in trained athletes.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Applied over Multiple Days Does Not Enhance Motor Learning of a Complex Overhand Throwing Task in Young Adults.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Acute Effect of Single-Session Cerebellar Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Static and Dynamic Balance in Healthy Volunteers.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Mechanisms of sensorimotor adaptation in a hierarchical state feedback control model of speech.PLoS computational biology · 2023Article
- Inter-Task Transfer of Prism Adaptation through Motor Imagery.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Absence of modulatory effects of 6Hz cerebellar transcranial alternating current stimulation on fear learning in men.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Neurophysiology of cerebellar ataxias and gait disorders.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2023Review
- Consensus Paper: Novel Directions and Next Steps of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation of the Cerebellum in Health and Disease.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Article
- Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation Does Not Affect Implicit Sensorimotor Adaptation: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- A Brief History of Cerebellar Neurostimulation.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (ctDCS) is known to enhance adaptation to a novel visual rotation (visuomotor adaptation), and it is suggested to hold promise as a therapeutic intervention. However, it is unknown whether this effect is robust across varying task parameters. This question is crucial if ctDCS is to be used clinically, because it must have a consistent and robust effect across a relatively wide range of behaviors. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of ctDCS on visuomotor adaptation across a wide range of task parameters that were systematically varied. Therefore, 192 young healthy individuals participated in 1 of 7 visuomotor adaptation experiments in either an anodal or sham ctDCS group. Each experiment examined whether ctDCS had a positive effect on adaptation when a unique feature of the task was altered: position of the monitor, offline tDCS, use of a tool, and perturbation schedule. Although we initially replicated the previously reported positive effect of ctDCS on visuomotor adaptation, this was not maintained during a second replication study or across a large range of varying task parameters. At the very least, this may call into question the validity of using ctDCS within a clinical context where a robust and consistent effect across behavior would be required.
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