ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2023
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex improves attentional control in chronically stressed adults.
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- Impact of Electrical Stimulation on Mental Stress, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Anodal tDCS Over F3 on Reducing Pain and Psychological Distress in Patients With Chronic Gastric Pain.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Trial
- Effects of Anodal Left DLPFC tDCS on Panic Severity in Panic Disorder Patients With and Without Comorbid Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Septum Deviation.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Mechanistic insights into combined prefrontal tDCS and vagal nerve stimulation for stress regulation.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Enhancing positive memory schemas with tDCS: a pilot study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Dissociating the Role of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Cognitive Control in Depression: A Combined HD-tDCS and fNIRS Study.Brain topography · 2025Article
- Improvement on Attention Networks Among Military Personnel: The Right IFG and tDCS Matter.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- HD-tDCS improves conflict processing and general behavioral stability.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Advances in Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Techniques for Improving Cognitive Function: A Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Contrasting MEG effects of anodal and cathodal high-definition TDCS on sensorimotor activity during voluntary finger movements.Frontiers in neuroimaging · 2024Article
- Effects of multisession prefrontal cortex tDCS or taVNS on stress, perceived stress and sleep quality: a double-blind, randomized controlled study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The effect of transcranial electrical stimulation on the relief of mental fatigue.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Chronic stress is a long-term condition that negatively affects cognitive ability and mental health. Individuals who experience chronic stress show poor attentional control. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) modulates executive function domains. Therefore, it is beneficial to investigate whether tDCS of the DLPFC could improve attentional control and relieve stress in chronically stressed individuals. Methods: We assess the event-related potentials (ERPs) associated with attentional control in individuals with chronic stress after the tDCS intervention. Forty individuals were randomly assigned to either the anodal tDCS group, which received 5 sessions of the 20 min tDCS over the DLPFC (2 mA; Results: After the anodal tDCS, we found a significant decrease in the perceived stress scale (PSS) scores (from an average score of 35.05 to 27.75), Discussion: Our study findings suggest that tDCS to the left DLPFC could effectively relieve chronic stress, potentially reflected by increased attentional control.
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