Trial reportExperimental brain research2018
Transcranial direct current stimulation generates a transient increase of small-world in brain connectivity: an EEG graph theoretical analysis.
Trial report in Experimental brain research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05623072 (The Effect of tDCS on Emotion Recognition and EEG Oscillations in Healthy Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers.
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The Effect of tDCS on Emotion Recognition and EEG Oscillations in Healthy Adults
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Combining non-invasive brain stimulation techniques and EEG markers analysis: an innovative approach to cognitive health in aging.GeroScience · 2025Review
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Enhances Motor Performance by Modulating Beta-Phase Synchronization in the Sensorimotor Network: A Preliminary Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- From data to decisions: AI and functional connectivity for diagnosis, prognosis, and recovery prediction in stroke.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Brain complexity in stroke recovery after bihemispheric transcranial direct current stimulation in mice.Brain communications · 2024Article
- Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the functionality of 40 Hz auditory steady state response brain network: graph theory approach.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Assessment of EEG-based functional connectivity in response to haptic delay.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Tuning brain networks: The emerging role of transcranial direct current stimulation on structural plasticity.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Measures of resting state EEG rhythms for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations of an expert panel.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2021Review
- Design of MRI structured spiking neural networks and learning algorithms for personalized modelling, analysis, and prediction of EEG signals.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- tDCS effects on brain network properties during physiological aging.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2021Article
- The Corticospinal Excitability Can Be Predicted by Spontaneous Electroencephalography Oscillations.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Functional Network Alterations as Markers for Predicting the Treatment Outcome of Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Focal Epilepsy.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Repeated Sessions of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Study Protocol for a Randomized, Double-Blind, and Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Transcranial photobiomodulation-induced changes in human brain functional connectivity and network metrics mapped by whole-head functional near-infrared spectroscopyBiomedical optics express · 2020Article
- Connecting EEG signal decomposition and response selection processes using the theory of event coding framework.Human brain mapping · 2020Article
- Tracking Changes in Brain Network Connectivity under Transcranial Current Stimulation.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2019Article
- Commentary: "Brain-Doping," Is It a Real Threat?Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive technique able to modulate cortical excitability in a polarity-dependent way. At present, only few studies investigated the effects of tDCS on the modulation of functional connectivity between remote cortical areas. The aim of this study was to investigate-through graph theory analysis-how bipolar tDCS modulate cortical networks high-density EEG recordings were acquired before and after bipolar cathodal, anodal and sham tDCS involving the primary motor and pre-motor cortices of the dominant hemispherein 14 healthy subjects. Results showed that, after bipolar anodal tDCS stimulation, brain networks presented a less evident "small world" organization with a global tendency to be more random in its functional connections with respect to prestimulus condition in both hemispheres. Results suggest that tDCS globally modulates the cortical connectivity of the brain, modifying the underlying functional organization of the stimulated networks, which might be related to changes in synaptic efficiency of the motor network and related brain areas. This study demonstrated that graph analysis approach to EEG recordings is able to intercept changes in cortical functions mediated by bipolar anodal tDCS mainly involving the dominant M1 and related motor areas. Concluding, tDCS could be an useful technique to help understanding brain rhythms and their topographic functional organization and specificity.
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