Evidence that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) generates little-to-no reliable neurophysiologic effect beyond MEP amplitude modulation in healthy human subjects: A systematic review

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-236

  Horvath, Jared Cooney ^a   Forte, Jason D ^a   Carter, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Event related potential (ERP); Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Neurophysiology; Systematic review; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MOTOR THRESHOLD; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; DEVICE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY POWER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POWER SPECTRUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RESTING MOTOR THRESHOLD; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949115708     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.11.021     Document Type: Review

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