ReviewAnnual review of medicine2021
Synchronizing Brain Rhythms to Improve Cognition.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A meta-analysis suggests that tACS improves cognition in healthy, aging, and psychiatric populations.Science translational medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Frequency-specific and state-dependent neural responses to brain stimulation.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Instantaneous Effect and Its Mechanism of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Working Memory Based on Delta and Gamma Band Electroencephalography Characteristics.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Embracing Internal States: A Review of Optimization of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treating Depression.Neuroscience bulletin · 2025Review
- Neurostimulation to Improve Cognitive Flexibility.Current opinion in behavioral sciences · 2025Article
- Repetitive Gamma-tACS Improves the Reaction Times of Healthy Young Adults in a Visuospatial Working Memory Task: A Randomized Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Impaired cognition is common in many neuropsychiatric disorders and severely compromises quality of life. Synchronous electrophysiological rhythms represent a core mechanism for sculpting communication dynamics among large-scale brain networks that underpin cognition and its breakdown in neuropsychiatric disorders. Here, we review an emerging neuromodulation technology called transcranial alternating current stimulation that has shown remarkable early results in rapidly improving various domains of human cognition by modulating properties of rhythmic network synchronization. Future noninvasive neuromodulation research holds promise for potentially rescuing network activity patterns and improving cognition, setting groundwork for the development of drug-free, circuit-based therapeutics for people with cognitive brain disorders.
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