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| Title |
Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Neuronal Functions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, November 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2016.00550 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Suman Das, Peter Holland, Maarten A. Frens, Opher Donchin |
| Abstract |
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, modulates neuronal excitability by the application of a small electrical current. The low cost and ease of the technique has driven interest in potential clinical applications. However, outcomes are highly sensitive to stimulation parameters, leading to difficulty maximizing the technique's effectiveness. Although reversing the polarity of stimulation often causes opposite effects, this is not always the case. Effective clinical application will require an understanding of how tDCS works; how it modulates a neuron; how it affects the local network; and how it alters inter-network signaling. We have summarized what is known regarding the mechanisms of tDCS from sub-cellular processing to circuit level communication with a particular focus on what can be learned from the polarity specificity of the effects. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| Spain | 1 | 13% |
| Germany | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 293 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 287 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 54 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 50 | 17% |
| Researcher | 38 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 43 | 15% |
| Unknown | 63 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 68 | 23% |
| Psychology | 37 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 12% |
| Engineering | 20 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 39 | 13% |
| Unknown | 84 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 December 2016.
All research outputs
#7,301,979
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Neuroscience
#4,740
of 11,542 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#121,551
of 415,970 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Neuroscience
#40
of 144 outputs
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