ReviewBrain sciences2018
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): A Promising Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder?
Review in Brain sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05046405 (Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Postpartum Depression), which is not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Postpartum Depression: the Feasibility Study and Pilot Study
Who cites it
43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Cognitive Deficits in Depression: A Systematic Review.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Pooled it
- BDNF Genetic Variant and Its Genotypic Fluctuation in Major Depressive Disorder.Behavioural neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Cognition, Mood, Pain, and Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Real-World Effects of Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial of 3-Week Versus 6-Week Protocols.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
- Effects of left anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in depression: a randomized controlled pilot trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Bicentre, randomized, parallel-arm, sham-controlled trial of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of palliative care patients with refractory cancer pain.BMC palliative care · 2023Trial
- Impact of 3-Day Combined Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation-Visuospatial Training on Object-Location Memory in Healthy Older Adults and Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2020Trial
- Bilateral DLPFC transcranial direct current stimulation for mood and motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease: a preliminary study.Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2026Article
- Mechanisms and clinical potential of combined tDCS and virtual reality in psychiatric disorders: a systematic review.Annals of general psychiatry · 2026Review
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- The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) on Cognitive Functioning in Individuals with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Cell-specific effects of temporal interference stimulation on cortical function.Communications biology · 2024Article
- The influence of marathon running on resting-state EEG activity: a longitudinal observational study.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Observational
- Accelerated TMS - moving quickly into the future of depression treatment.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Review
- Perinatal Depression and the Role of Synaptic Plasticity in Its Pathogenesis and Treatment.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Cocaine Addiction: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Methylphenidate is more effective to improve inhibitory control and working memory compared to tDCS in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a proof-of-concept study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Delayed closed-loop neurostimulation for the treatment of pathological brain rhythms in mental disorders: a computational study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Visual evoked potentials waveform analysis to measure intracortical damage in a preclinical model of multiple sclerosis.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023Article
- Prefrontal tDCS is unable to modulate mind wandering propensity or underlying functional or effective brain connectivity.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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