Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Can an electric current enhance your cognition, or is electrical stimulation just a thing of fiction? Join us this week as we delve into tDCS and explore how it can alter neurophysiology in turn making us smarter! Videos: A is for Action Potential -    • A is for Action Potential | Neuroscience ABCs   References: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psych... https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/physi... https://celniklab.johnshopkins.edu/pu... https://www.wired.com/2014/01/read-za... Antonenko, D., Hayek, D., Netzband, J. et al. tDCS-induced episodic memory enhancement and its association with functional network coupling in older adults. Sci Rep 9, 2273 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38... Chase, H.W., Boudewyn, M.A., Carter, C.S. et al. Transcranial direct current stimulation: a roadmap for research, from mechanism of action to clinical implementation. Mol Psychiatry 25, 397–407 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-019-04... Davis, N.J. Brain Stimulation for Cognitive Enhancement in the Older Person: State of the Art and Future Directions. J Cogn Enhanc 1, 337–344 (2017). https://doi-org.myaccess.library.utor... Debarnot, U., Schlatter, S., Monteil, J. et al. Early stimulation of the left posterior parietal cortex promotes representation change in problem solving. Sci Rep 9, 16523 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52... Liu, A., Vöröslakos, M., Kronberg, G. et al. Immediate neurophysiological effects of transcranial electrical stimulation. Nat Commun 9, 5092 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07... Salvi, C., Beeman, M., Bikson, M. et al. TDCS to the right anterior temporal lobe facilitates insight problem-solving. Sci Rep 10, 946 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57... Wiegand, A., Sommer, A., Nieratschker, V. et al. Improvement of cognitive control and stabilization of affect by prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Sci Rep 9, 6797 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43... Woods, A. J., Antal, A., Bikson, M., Boggio, P. S., Brunoni, A. R., Celnik, P., Cohen, L. G., Fregni, F., Herrmann, C. S., Kappenman, E. S., Knotkova, H., Liebetanz, D., Miniussi, C., Miranda, P. C., Paulus, W., Priori, A., Reato, D., Stagg, C., Wenderoth, N., & Nitsche, M. A. (2016). A technical guide to tDCS, and related non-invasive brain stimulation tools. Clinical Neurophysiology, 127(2), 1031–1048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015...