ArticleJournal of neural engineering2020
i-SATA: A MATLAB based toolbox to estimate current density generated by transcranial direct current stimulation in an individual brain.
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- Reading proficiency influences the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation: Evidence from selective modulation of dorsal and ventral pathways of reading in bilinguals.Brain and language · 2020Trial
- Longitudinal evaluation of common and unique brain-networks in variants of primary progressive aphasia.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Personalized Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Behavioral and Neurophysiologic Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The role of structural and functional parameters in designing pathology-specific tDCS protocols for primary progressive aphasia.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Personalized Dose Selection for Treatment of Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders Using tDCS.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Alignment of behaviour and tDCS stimulation site induces maximum response: evidence from online tDCS and ERP.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Real-time motion-enabling positron emission tomography of the brain of upright ambulatory humans.Communications medicine · 2024Article
- Variation of cerebrospinal fluid in specific regions regulates focality in transcranial direct current stimulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Focality-Oriented Selection of Current Dose for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
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- 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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Abstract
objectiveTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a technique where a weak current is passed through the electrodes placed on the scalp. The distribution of the electric current induced in the brain due to tDCS is provided by simulation toolbox like Realistic volumetric Approach based Simulator for Transcranial electric stimulation (ROAST). However, the procedure to estimate the total current density induced at the target and the intermediary region of the cortex is complex. The Systematic-Approach-for-tDCS-Analysis (SATA) was developed to overcome this problem. However, SATA is limited to standardized (MNI152) headspace only. Here we develop individual-SATA (i-SATA) to extend it to individual head. APPROACH: T1-weighted images of 15 subjects were taken from two Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanners of different strengths. Across the subjects, the montages were simulated in ROAST. i-SATA converts the ROAST output to Talairach space. The x, y and z coordinates of the anterior commissure (AC), posterior commissure (PC), and Mid-Sagittal (MS) points are necessary for the conversion. AC and PC are detected using the acpcdetect toolbox. We developed a method to determine the MS in the image and cross-verified its location manually using BrainSight®. MAIN
resultsDetermination of points with i-SATA is fast and accurate. The i-SATA provided estimates of the current-density induced across an individual's cortical lobes and gyri as tested on images from two different scanners. SIGNIFICANCE: Researchers can use i-SATA for customizing tDCS-montages. With i-SATA it is also easier to compute the inter-individual variation in current-density across the target and intermediary regions of the brain. The software is publicly available.
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