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Warning: transcranial direct current stimulation may alter brain protiens
I know it’s tempting, but here’s another reason not to rush into transcranial direct current stimulation: ‘To better understand the effects of current on the brain the researchers used only 0.8V ,...
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The science of non-invasive brain stimulation
A nice video explaining the science of non-invasive brain stimulation is now available at Meaning of Life TV. WordPress doesn’t allow me to embed videos from Meaning of Life TV, so you have to watch it...
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More warnings on transcranial direct current stimulation
From the Vancouver Sun: Placing the electrodes is a key step, and some sets make it easy to confuse the cathode, which is positively charged, with the negatively charged anode. Depending on the...
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A Waterloo for transcranial direct current stimulation?
I have been following the research on transcranial direct current stimulation of the brain, with great interest. Many papers have reported positive results, suggesting that the procedure may have real...
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A “dead salmon moment” for tDCS?
Another account of György Buzsáki’s tDCS experiment: “Buzsáki set up the system on a cadaver and measured how much of the current penetrated the skull and made it into the brain. Not much, so it would...
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Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Food Cravings
A paper in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reviews the research on Brain Stimulation as a treatment for food cravings. The findings suggest that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation might be...
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Olympic athletes use transcranial direct current stimulation
According to IEEE Spectrum: “A handful of athletes competing at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio next week will arrive having tried to boost their performance using an unconventional (and...
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Transcranial direct current stimulation for dementia?
Possibly, according to a paper presented at the recent American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting: To assess efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving picture naming...
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An fMRI study of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
I have been following the research on transcranial electrical stimulation of the brain and I have blogged about both positive and negative findings. Here’s an interesting paper, just published in...
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Last year György Buzsáki performed a public experiment showing that electricity passed through electrodes placed on the scalp of a cadaver could not be detected in the brain. This raised serious...
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