ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2021
Decreasing the Surgical Errors by Neurostimulation of Primary Motor Cortex and the Associated Brain Activation via Neuroimaging.
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- Using neuroimaging to assess brain activity and areas associated with surgical skills: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- M1 transcranial direct current stimulation augments laparoscopic surgical skill acquisition.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Resolving inconsistent effects of tDCS on learning using a homeostatic structural plasticity model.Frontiers in network physiology · 2025Article
- Assessment of Surgical Tasks Using Neuroimaging Dataset (ASTaUND).Scientific data · 2023Article
- Brain-behavior analysis of transcranial direct current stimulation effects on a complex surgical motor task.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2023Article
- Optical neuroimaging and neurostimulation in surgical training and assessment: A state-of-the-art review.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2023Review
- Error-related brain state analysis using electroencephalography in conjunction with functional near-infrared spectroscopy during a complex surgical motor task.Brain informatics · 2022Article
- Deep learning-based motion artifact removal in functional near-infrared spectroscopy.Neurophotonics · 2022Article
- Directed information flow during laparoscopic surgical skill acquisition dissociated skill level and medical simulation technology.NPJ science of learning · 2022Article
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Abstract
Acquisition of fine motor skills is a time-consuming process as it is based on learning via frequent repetitions. Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) is a promising means of enhancing simple motor skill development via neuromodulatory mechanisms. Here, we report that non-invasive neurostimulation facilitates the learning of complex fine bimanual motor skills associated with a surgical task. During the training of 12 medical students on the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) pattern cutting task over a period of 12 days, we observed that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) decreased error level and the variability in performance, compared to the Sham group. Furthermore, by concurrently monitoring the cortical activations of the subjects via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), our study showed that the cortical activation patterns were significantly different between the tDCS and Sham group, with the activation of primary motor cortex (M1) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) contralateral to the anodal electrode significantly decreased while supplemental motor area (SMA) increased by tDCS. The lowered performance errors were retained after 1-month post-training. This work supports the use of tDCS to enhance performance accuracy in fine bimanual motor tasks.
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