ReviewBrain sciences2018
The Efficacy of Transcranial Current Stimulation Techniques to Modulate Resting-State EEG, to Affect Vigilance and to Promote Sleepiness.
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- [Research on enhancement of mental rotation ability based on transcranial direct current stimulation].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2021Trial
- Transcranial direct current stimulation modulates primate brain dynamics across states of consciousness.eLife · 2025Article
- Cognitive subtypes in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Impact of neuromodulation on excessive daytime sleepiness: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Modulation of vigilance/alertness using beta (30 Hz) transcranial alternating current stimulation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Single sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation and transcranial random noise stimulation exert no effect on sleepiness in patients with narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Down-phase auditory stimulation is not able to counteract pharmacologically or physiologically increased sleep depth in traumatic brain injury rats.Journal of sleep research · 2022Article
- Translational approaches to influence sleep and arousal.Brain research bulletin · 2022Review
- A review of burn symptoms and potential novel neural targets for non-invasive brain stimulation for treatment of burn sequelae.Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries · 2021Review
- Sleep-Based Interventions in Alzheimer's Disease: Promising Approaches from Prevention to Treatment along the Disease Trajectory.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Neurophysiological and behavioural effects of conventional and high definition tDCS.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Investigation on Neurobiological Mechanisms of Dreaming in the New Decade.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for "Transplanting" Brain States via Brain Entrainment.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- Can accelerated transcranial direct current stimulation improve memory functions? An experimental, placebo-controlled study.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Distinct Montages of Slow Oscillatory Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (so-tDCS) Constitute Different Mechanisms during Quiet Wakefulness.Brain sciences · 2019Article
- Vigilance Decrement and Enhancement Techniques: A Review.Brain sciences · 2019Review
- The Spatiotemporal Pattern of the Human Electroencephalogram at Sleep Onset After a Period of Prolonged Wakefulness.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- Bilateral Theta Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) Modulates EEG Activity: When tACS Works Awake It Also Works Asleep.Nature and science of sleep · 2019Article
- A pilot study on effect of adjunctive transcranial direct current stimulation on symptom domains of depression in patients with depressive disorder.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
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Abstract
Transcranial Current Stimulations (tCSs) are non-invasive brain stimulation techniques which modulate cortical excitability and spontaneous brain activity by the application of weak electric currents through the scalp, in a safe, economic, and well-tolerated manner. The direction of the cortical effects mainly depend on the polarity and the waveform of the applied current. The aim of the present work is to provide a broad overview of recent studies in which tCS has been applied to modulate sleepiness, sleep, and vigilance, evaluating the efficacy of different stimulation techniques and protocols. In recent years, there has been renewed interest in these stimulations and their ability to affect arousal and sleep dynamics. Furthermore, we critically review works that, by means of stimulating sleep/vigilance patterns, in the sense of enhancing or disrupting them, intended to ameliorate several clinical conditions. The examined literature shows the efficacy of tCSs in modulating sleep and arousal pattern, likely acting on the top-down pathway of sleep regulation. Finally, we discuss the potential application in clinical settings of this neuromodulatory technique as a therapeutic tool for pathological conditions characterized by alterations in sleep and arousal domains and for sleep disorders per se.
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