ArticleBrain stimulation
Can low-intensity tACS genuinely entrain neural activity in vivo?
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- Cognitive and Neuropathophysiological Outcomes of Gamma-tACS in Dementia: A Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Increasing Brain Gamma Activity Improves Episodic Memory and Restores Cholinergic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease.Annals of neurology · 2022Trial
- Multi-scale model of neural entrainment by transcranial alternating current stimulation in realistic cortical anatomy.Journal of computational neuroscience · 2025Article
- Causal phase-dependent control of non-spatial attention in human prefrontal cortex.Nature human behaviour · 2024Article
- Audiovisual gamma stimulation for the treatment of neurodegeneration.Journal of internal medicine · 2024Review
- Modulation of rhythmic visual stimulation on left-right attentional asymmetry.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- The effect of montages of transcranial alternating current stimulation on occipital responses-a sham-controlled pilot study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Toward integrative approaches to study the causal role of neural oscillations via transcranial electrical stimulation.Nature communications · 2021Review
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Abstract
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) was introduced about a decade ago as a non-invasive brain stimulation method to modulate neural oscillations in a relatively safe manner in humans. However, the possibility to induce genuine neural entrainment with low current intensities has been questioned. In a recent study, Johnson and colleagues provide direct evidence for the efficacy of low-intensity tACS to induce neural entrainment in awake monkeys. These findings have important translational implications for human non-invasive neuromodulation research.
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