How effective is transcranial direct current stimulation?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Psychosocial Health Following Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation of Oculomotor Regions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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2. A New Way to Treat Central Nervous System Dysfunction Caused by Musculoskeletal Injuries Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2025
   Review
3. Optimising transcranial direct current stimulation application for the enhancement of exercise performance: a review.Frontiers in physiology · 2025
   Review

Corrections and comments

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  How effective is transcranial direct current stimulation? - Authors' reply.2024
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  Guiding transcranial brain stimulation by EEG/MEG to interact with ongoing brain activity and associated functions: A position paper.2017
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  Dynamics of the human brain network revealed by time-frequency effective connectivity in fNIRS.2017
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  Transcranial direct current stimulation as an additional treatment to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in adults with major depressive disorder in Germany (DepressionDC): a triple-blind, randomised, sham-controlled, multicentre trial.2023
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  Dose-controlled tDCS reduces electric field intensity variability at a cortical target site.
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  Machine learning and individual variability in electric field characteristics predict tDCS treatment response.

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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