ReviewBrain sciences2020
Imaging Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) with Positron Emission Tomography (PET).
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Upper Limb Muscle Strength and Endurance in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Methodological Considerations.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Neuroimaging-Guided Insights into the Molecular and Network Mechanisms of Chronic Pain and Neuromodulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Live Effects of Anodal and Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Brain Metabolism in a Patient with Typical Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Case Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Global Cognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment.Chonnam medical journal · 2025Review
- The efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: a randomized double-blind clinical trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Associative Memory Enhancement: State-of-the-Art from Basic to Clinical Research.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Mapping whole brain effects of infrared neural stimulation with positron emission tomography.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
- On the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Cerebral Glucose Uptake During Walking: A Report of Three Patients With Multiple Sclerosis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Alterations in Leg Muscle Glucose Uptake and Inter-Limb Asymmetry after a Single Session of tDCS in Four People with Multiple Sclerosis.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as a Treatment Tool for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on addictive behavior and brain glucose metabolism in problematic online gamers.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Article
- Individual Cerebral Blood Flow Responses to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation at Various Intensities.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Sex difference in tDCS current mediated by changes in cortical anatomy: A study across young, middle and older adults.Brain stimulationArticle
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a form of non-invasive neuromodulation that is increasingly being utilized to examine and modify several cognitive and motor functions. Although tDCS holds great potential, it is difficult to determine optimal treatment procedures to accommodate configurations, the complex shapes, and dramatic conductivity differences among various tissues. Furthermore, recent demonstrations showed that up to 75% of the tDCS current applied to rodents and human cadavers was shunted by the scalp, subcutaneous tissue, and muscle, bringing the effects of tDCS on the cortex into question. Consequently, it is essential to combine tDCS with human neuroimaging to complement animal and cadaver studies and clarify if and how tDCS can affect neural function. One viable approach is positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. PET has unique potential for examining the effects of tDCS within the central nervous system
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