Modulating brain connectivity with transcranial alternating current stimulation
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ETH Zurich, Dept. Health Sciences and Technology, Switzerland
Transcranial current stimulation is a method to modulate the brain’s physiology by delivering small currents (up to 2 mA) via at least two electrodes mounted to the skull. Currently, the best-investigated form of tCS is direct current stimulation that has received much attention because of its supposedly beneficial effect on cortical plasticity and learning. By contrast, much less is known about the effect and potential applications of alternating current stimulation (tACS). Here I will show that tACS can be used to modify brain connectivity as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging. I will discuss that the underlying mechanism is most likely based on entraining intrinsic oscillations of the cortex and how tACS might open up new avenues for neurorehabilitation.
Keywords:
brain connectivity,
brain oscillations,
brain rhythms,
entrainments,
resting state fMRI
Conference:
Belgian Brain Council 2014
MODULATING THE BRAIN: FACTS, FICTION, FUTURE, Ghent, Belgium, 4 Oct - 4 Oct, 2014.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Basic Neuroscience
Citation:
Wenderoth
N
(2014). Modulating brain connectivity with transcranial alternating current stimulation.
Conference Abstract:
Belgian Brain Council 2014
MODULATING THE BRAIN: FACTS, FICTION, FUTURE.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2014.214.00003
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Received:
01 May 2014;
Published Online:
10 May 2014.
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Correspondence:
Prof. Nici Wenderoth, ETH Zurich, Dept. Health Sciences and Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, nicole.wenderoth@hest.ethz.ch