ArticleExperimental brain research2020
Modulation of vocal pitch control through high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation of the left ventral motor cortex.
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Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Voice
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Phase-Specific Contributions and Interactions of the Left and Right Posterior Middle Temporal Gyri in Vocal Feedback Control: Evidence From Dual-Site TMS.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Age-Associated Cortical Thinning in Speech Motor Regions Precedes Hippocampal Decline: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Noninvasive Neurostimulation to the Inferior Frontal Sulcus or Cerebellum Improves Accuracy But Not Timing in a Speech Motor Learning Task.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Individuals with aphasia generate larger adaptive and corrective responses to suddenly introduced auditory perturbations.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- A review on the reporting and assessment of adverse effects associated with high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Targeted neurorehabilitation strategies in post-stroke aphasia.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2023Review
- Modifications of auditory feedback and its effects on the voice of adult subjects: a scoping review.CoDAS · 2023Article
- Transcranial direct current stimulation over left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex facilitates auditory-motor integration for vocal pitch regulation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- A Causal Role of the Cerebellum in Auditory Feedback Control of Vocal Production.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2021Article
- Responses to Auditory Feedback Manipulations in Speech May Be Affected by Previous Exposure to Auditory Errors.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Neural interactions between sensorimotor integration mechanisms play critical roles in voice motor control. We investigated how high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) of the left ventral motor cortex modulates neural mechanisms of sensorimotor integration during voice motor control. HD-tDCS was performed during speech vowel production in an altered auditory feedback (AAF) paradigm in response to upward and downward pitch-shift stimuli. In one experiment, two groups received either anodal or cathodal 2 milliamp (mA) HD-tDCS to the left ventral motor cortex while a third group received sham (placebo) stimulation. In a second experiment, two groups received either 1 mA or 2 mA cathodal HD-tDCS to the left ventral motor cortex. Results of the first experiment indicated that the magnitude of vocal compensation was significantly reduced following anodal and cathodal HD-tDCS only in responses to downward pitch-shift AAF stimuli, with stronger effects associated with cathodal HD-tDCS. However, no such effect was observed following sham stimulation. Results of the second experiment indicate that there is not a differential effect of modulation from 1 mA versus 2 mA. Further, these results replicate the directional finding of the first experiment for vocal compensation in response to downward pitch-shift only. These findings suggest that neurostimulation of the left ventral motor cortex modulates sensorimotor mechanisms underlying voice motor control. We speculate that this effect is associated with the increased contribution of feedforward motor mechanisms, leading to reduced compensatory speech responses to AAF.
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