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Electrode Positioning and Montage in Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
JoVE Journal
Neuroscience
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JoVE Journal Neuroscience
Electrode Positioning and Montage in Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
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12:00 min

May 23, 2011

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 02:19tDCS Materials
  • 03:34Head Measurements
  • 05:06Positioning the Electrodes
  • 07:28The tDCS Experiment
  • 08:55Representative tDCS Results
  • 10:22Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is an established technique to modulate cortical excitability1,2. It has been used as an investigative tool in neuroscience due to its effects on cortical plasticity, easy operation, and safe profile. One area that tDCS has been showing encouraging results is pain alleviation 3-5.

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