Trial reportCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2018
Frontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Induces Dopamine Release in the Ventral Striatum in Human.
Trial report in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 97 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
97 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of combined transcranial direct current stimulation and gait training in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Non-invasive brain stimulation enhances motor and cognitive performances during dual tasks in patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of neurostimulation across mental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis of 208 randomized controlled trials.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Cerebellar stimulation in schizophrenia: A systematic review of the evidence and an overview of the methods.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy with transcranial direct current stimulation to explore the underlying biochemical and physiological mechanism of the human brain: A systematic review.Human brain mapping · 2021Pooled it
- The Effects of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation of the Brain on Sleep: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation on cognitive functioning in brain disorders: a meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation on Stimulant Craving in Users of Cocaine, Amphetamine, or Methamphetamine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation and mirror therapy on mental health and dopamine level among spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Telehealth tDCS to reduce cannabis use: A pilot RCT in multiple sclerosis as a framework for generalized use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Noninvasive Brain Stimulation over the Frontopolar Cortex Promotes Willingness to Exert Cognitive Effort in a Foraging-Like Sequential Choice Task.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Trial
- Cognitive enhancing effect of rTMS combined with tDCS in patients with major depressive disorder: a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled study.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
- Comparing the effects of cerebellar and prefrontal anodal transcranial direct current stimulation concurrent with postural training on balance and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis: a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trial.Experimental brain research · 2024Trial
- Effects of Prefrontal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Retention of Performance Gains on an Obstacle Negotiation Task in Older Adults.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2023Trial
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- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with cognitive training in adolescent boys with ADHD: a double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled trial.Psychological medicine · 2023Trial
- A double-blind sham-controlled phase 1 clinical trial of tDCS of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in cocaine inpatients: Craving, sleepiness, and contemplation to change.The European journal of neuroscience · 2021Trial
- The Effects of Bi-Anodal tDCS Over the Prefrontal Cortex Regions With Extracephalic Reference Placement on Insight Levels and Cardio-Respiratory and Autonomic Functions in Schizophrenia Patients and Exploratory Biomarker Analyses for Treatment Response.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2021Trial
- Noninvasive neuromodulation of the prefrontal cortex in young women with obesity: a randomized clinical trial.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Trial
- Baseline-dependent effect of dopamine's precursor L-tyrosine on working memory gating but not updating.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2020Trial
37 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
A single transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) session applied over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLFPC) can be associated with procognitive effects. Furthermore, repeated DLPFC tDCS sessions are under investigation as a new therapeutic tool for a range of neuropsychiatric conditions. A possible mechanism explaining such beneficial effects is a modulation of meso-cortico-limbic dopamine transmission. We explored the spatial and temporal neurobiological effects of bifrontal tDCS on subcortical dopamine transmission during and immediately after the stimulation. In a double blind sham-controlled study, 32 healthy subjects randomly received a single session of either active (20 min, 2 mA; n = 14) or sham (n = 18) tDCS during a dynamic positron emission tomography scan using [11C]raclopride binding. During the stimulation period, no significant effect of tDCS was observed. After the stimulation period, compared with sham tDCS, active tDCS induced a significant decrease in [11C]raclopride binding potential ratio in the striatum, suggesting an increase in extracellular dopamine in a part of the striatum involved in the reward-motivation network. The present study provides the first evidence that bifrontal tDCS induces neurotransmitter release in polysynaptic connected subcortical areas. Therefore, levels of dopamine activity and reactivity should be a new element to consider for a general hypothesis of brain modulation by bifrontal tDCS.
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