Many of the leading tDCS researchers contribute to this Open Access article on clinical application of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) techniques. Read it online, or download the pdf. (HatTip to Reddit user gi67)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Transcranial direct current stimulation
- 2.1. Selecting and preparing electrodes and contact medium
- 2.2. Selecting and preparing electrode placement
- 2.3. Selecting a stimulation protocol
- 2.4. Use of blinding and sham
- 2.5. Safety versus tolerability
- 2.6. Considerations for transcutaneous spinal DC stimulation (tsDCS)
- 2.7. Considerations for cerebellar tDCS
- 2.8. Selecting a stimulator
- 3. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- 4. Monitoring physiological effects of tES
- 5. Monitoring functional effects of tES
- 6. tDCS/tACS/tRNS in animal preparations
- 7. tDCS and models of electric current through the brain
- 8. tES ethics
- 9. Concluding remarks
- References