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ArticleBrain sciences2025

Optimising Electrode Montages in Conventional Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Cerebellum for Pain Modulation.

Adelais Farnell Sharp, Alice Witney

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Article in Brain sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Adelais Farnell SharpTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland.
Alice WitneyTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-3726-8479

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Abstract

The cerebellum is involved in pain processing and, therefore, an important target for non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) for analgesia. When targeting a brain region for NIBS, it can be difficult to ensure activation of only target regions. Optimal Montages for cerebellar stimulation for pain modulation have not been established. This paper systematically examines cerebellar NIBS Montages by comparing simulated current flow models for targeted conventional cerebellar tDCS and focused high-definition 4 × 1 HD-tDCS, to examine the most effective Montage for targeting only the lobes of the cerebellum. The objective was to explore if slight variations in electrode placement and voltage could be producing confounding activations of other brain regions as shown by the Soterix

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anodecerebellumcurrent-modellingHD-TDCSlobesneurostimulationnociceptionpainsimulationtargetingTDCS

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PMID40309808
PMCPMC12025885

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