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. 2015 Mar-Apr;6(2):21-4.
doi: 10.1109/MPUL.2014.2386551.

Outside access: advances in tDCS could provide a mainstream clinical tool for noninvasive neuromodulation

Outside access: advances in tDCS could provide a mainstream clinical tool for noninvasive neuromodulation

Herschel Caytak et al. IEEE Pulse. 2015 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A treatment for depression, chronic pain, cravings, and more--this is the emerging field of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). In tDCS, transcranial means through the skull, and direct current is a weak stimulation current delivered to the brain using noninvasive electrodes placed on the scalp [Figure 1(a)].

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