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Effects of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation on Cognition
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Alterations of cortical excitability, oscillatory as well as non-oscillatory, are physiological derivates of cognitive processes, such as perception, working memory, learning, and long-term memory formation. Since noninvasive electrical brain stimulation is capable of inducing alterations in the human brain, these stimulation approaches might be attractive tools to modulate cognition. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) alters spontaneous cortical activity, while transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) are presumed to induce or interfere with oscillations of cortical networks. Via these mechanisms, the respective stimulation techniques have indeed been shown to modulate cognitive processes in a multitude of studies conducted during the last years. In this review, we will gather knowledge about the potential of noninvasive electrical brain stimulation to study and modify cognitive processes in healthy humans and discuss directions of future research.
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“Numerous studies demonstrated that anodal-tDCS administered before or during cognitive or motor tasks can improve performance in healthy young individuals [8] and ameliorate age-associated cognitive decline [9,35,36].”
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“Moreover, there are indications that tDCS has similar effects on cognitive functions as rTMS (for a review, see Kuo & Nitsche, 2012).”
BackgroundTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) – Application in neuropsychology
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Wilckens, K. A., Ferrarelli, F., Walker, M. P., & Buysse, D. J. (2018) · Trends in Neurosciences · doi:10.1016/j.tins.2018.03.003 · Cited by 143
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“Recently, it has been shown that brain rhythms and their associated behavior can be modulated in a frequencyspecific manner by transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS; Kuo and Nitsche, 2012; Polanía et al., 2012, 2015; Thut et al., 2012; Veniero et al., 2015; Fertonani and Miniussi, 2016).”
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“Thus far, threemain forms of low-intensity transcranial electrical stimulation have been used (for review, see Kuo & Nitsche, 2012; Utz, Dimova, Oppenländer, & Kerkhoff, 2010; Zaghi, Acar, Hultgren, Boggio, & Fregni, 2009): transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS; amethod in which…”
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Self-citationA systematic review of transcranial electrical stimulation combined with cognitive training
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“In order to assess how likely the pattern of results in Study 1 could have occurred by chance, we performed one-tailed non-parametric permutation testing.”
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“Moreover, tACS may have the potential to infer causal associations between brain oscillations and cognitive processes (57, 60, 61).”
BackgroundImpact of transcranial direct current stimulation on fatigue in multiple sclerosis
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“Also, tDCS improve cognitive functions, e.g. has been shown working memory, attention, and memory formation (for an overview Kuo and Nitsche, 2012) and tDCS is probed as therapeutic neurological disorders (Fl¨oel, 2013).”
Self-citationThe effects of theta transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on fluid intelligence
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“…2011; Boggio et al., 2008; Fregni et al., 2006; Polanía et al., 2012; Tseng et al., 2012), the ability to discriminate numerosity (Cappelletti et al., 2013), creativity, and problem solving (Cerruti & Schlaug, 2009; Chi & Snyder, 2011; Dockery et al., 2009; for a review see Kuo & Nitsche, 2012).”
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Zwissler, B., Sperber, C., Aigeldinger, S., Schindler, S., Kissler, J., & Plewnia, C. (2014) · Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.5407-13.2014 · Cited by 96
“This technique has since been widely used to explore brain network dynamics and organization (Dayan et al., 2013), particularly concerning cognition (Kuo and Nitsche, 2012) and memory (Brasil-Neto, 2012).”
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Effects of electrode drift in transcranial direct current stimulation
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“However, multiple tDCS studies report that anodal stimulation of the left DLPFC improves cognitive function including attention and working memory of healthy participants or patients with depression (29, 38, 40, 83, 84).”
BackgroundPhase properties of transcranial electrical stimulation artifacts in electrophysiological recordings
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The application of tDCS for the treatment of psychiatric diseases
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“…not require the induction of neuroplasticity, e.g. working memory, or attentional processes, similarly most studies have been performed with tDCS during performance, but systematic studies comparing differently timed stimulation protocols are missing (for an overview see Kuo and Nitsche (2012)).”
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“Most evidence exists for transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) that modulates the neuronal response threshold in a polarityspecific manner by inducing depolarization or hyperpolarization [1, 4].”
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Neurotherapeutics for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Review
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“Combining cognitive training with tDCS over a cortical area that mediates the cognitive function being trained [134] (Kuo & Nitsche, 2012) has been shown to yield larger and long-lasting functional improvements that modify the impaired system [136] (Cramer et al., 2011), presumably via a…”
BackgroundCombining functional magnetic resonance imaging with transcranial electrical stimulation
Saiote, C., Turi, Z., Paulus, W., & Antal, A. (2013) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00435 · Cited by 76
Effects of beta-tACS on corticospinal excitability: A meta-analysis.
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“Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) applies weak non-invasive oscillating currents as a means of inducing neuromodulation to change neural electric excitability [2,3].”
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“…anode exhibit cortical excitability, whereas areas under the cathode show the opposite effect (Paulus, 2011). tDCS has been shown to improve performance in typical participants in a range of cognitive tasks, from low-level vision, executive functioning, memory, and language (Kuo and Nitsche, 2012).”
BackgroundPaßmann, S., Külzow, N., Ladenbauer, J., Antonenko, D., Grittner, U., Tamm, S., & Flöel, A. (2016) · Brain stimulation · doi:10.1016/j.brs.2016.04.016 · Cited by 88
“Transcranial direct current stimulation is a non-invasive technique known to modulate neuronal excitability and plasticity [8], and is now a widely used tool in cognitive and clinical research [9].”
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Steenbergen, L., Sellaro, R., Hommel, B., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Colzato, L. S. (2015) · Experimental Brain Research · doi:10.1007/s00221-015-4391-9 · Cited by 88
“…as such, cannot be regarded as an alternative to CE-certified tDCS devices, the use of which has been demonstrated to be successful in promoting WM (Fregni et al. 2005; Kuo and Nitsche 2012; Boggio et al. 2006; Ohn et al. 2008; Jo et al. 2009; Teo et al. 2011; Seo et al. 2011; Zaehle et al. 2011).”
BackgroundMethodNeuronal and behavioral effects of multi-day brain stimulation and memory training
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“(B) Illustrates additional components required for intrascanner tDCS: (4) stimulator cable, (5) electrode cable equipped with resistors, (6) outer and (7) inner filter boxes, (8) box cable to connect the two filter boxes, and (9) MRIcompatible rubber electrodes.”
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“Excitability-enhancing effects of anodal tDCS have been successfully demonstrated in the perceptual, cognitive and motor domain [42, 43].”
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“…EEG forecasting INTRODUCTION Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) has shown considerable promise for modulating brain activity in both preclinical and clinical applications (Nitsche and Paulus, 2000; Kuo and Nitsche, 2012; Dayan et al., 2013; Ruffini et al., 2013; Karabanov et al., 2016).”
BackgroundPlewnia, C., Schroeder, P. A., Kunze, R., Faehling, F., & Wolkenstein, L. (2015) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122578 · Cited by 61
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“Keywords Coherence Disorders of consciousness Effective connectivity c Band oscillations Transcranial alternating current stimulation”
BackgroundNon-invasive brain stimulation to enhance cognitive rehabilitation after stroke
Draaisma, L. R., Wessel, M. J., & Hummel, F. C. (2018) · Neuroscience Letters · doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2018.06.047 · Cited by 70
Barbieri, M., Negrini, M., Nitsche, M. A., & Rivolta, D. (2015) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.12.030 · Cited by 62
“Our finding are, however, in disagreement with the motor literature showing effective-online, (Boggio et al., 2006; Galea & Celnik, 2009; Nitsche, Schauenburg, et al., 2003; Reis et al., 2009), and ineffective/detrimental-offline (Kuo & Nitsche, 2012; Kuo et al., 2008; Stagg et al., 2011) a-tDCS.”
Self-citationElectroencephalographic effects of transcranial random noise stimulation in the auditory cortex.
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Defining Surgical Terminology and Risk for Brain Computer Interface Technologies
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Analyzing EEG and MEG signals recorded during tES, a reply
Noury, N., & Siegel, M. (2018) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.11.023 · Cited by 56
Sellaro, R., Güroǧlu, B., Nitsche, M. A., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., Massaro, V., Durieux, J., Hommel, B., & Colzato, L. S. (2015) · Neuropsychologia · doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.09.016 · Cited by 55
“Several studies have provided converging evidence showing that tDCS is suited to alter cognitive functions ( Kuo and Nitsche , 2012 ) and to ameliorate symptoms of several neurological and psychiatric disorders ( Brunoni et al .”
BackgroundSelf-citationAge‐dependent effects of brain stimulation on network centrality
Antonenko, D., Nierhaus, T., Meinzer, M., Prehn, K., Thielscher, A., Ittermann, B., & Flöel, A. (2018) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.04.038 · Cited by 55
“Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques constitute promising approaches to investigate the relationship between brain structure and function and to develop cognitive enhancement strategies (Fertonani and Miniussi, 2016; Kuo and Nitsche, 2012; Nitsche et al., 2015).”
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in Pediatric Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Rubio, B., Boes, A. D., Laganiere, S. E., Rotenberg, A., Jeurissen, D., & Pascual‐Leone, Á. (2015) · Journal of Child Neurology · doi:10.1177/0883073815615672 · Cited by 64
“Although transcranial random noise stimulation has not been used in ADHD to date, it has improved cognitive parameters for healthy controls.(144)”
Vicario, C. M., & Nitsche, M. A. (2013) · Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnsys.2013.00094 · Cited by 59
Self-citationNoninvasive Brain Stimulation: Multiple Effects on Cognition
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Genetic Modulation of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effects on Cognition
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“…first experiments involving tDCS were exploring the effects of motor cortex stimulation (e.g., Fuortes, 1954; Hern et al., 1962; Priori et al., 1998; Nitsche and Paulus, 2000) but over the past years, more attention has been paid to the modulation of cognitive processes (Kuo and Nitsche, 2012).”
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“Moreover, recent years have seen increased interest in its potential as a therapeutic method to enhance cognitive performance (Kuo and Nitsche, 2012; Sandrini and Cohen, 2013).”
Hsu, W., Cheng, C., Zanto, T. P., Gazzaley, A. H., & Bove, R. M. (2021) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2021.626113 · Cited by 61
“Depending on whether anodal or cathodal stimulation is applied, tDCS either increases or decreases cortical excitability, respectively (12, 13), in turn affecting a wide range of behavioral measures (14, 15).”
BackgroundThe heart side of brain neuromodulation
Rossi, S., Santarnecchi, E., Valenza, G., & Ulivelli, M. (2016) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2015.0187 · Cited by 54
“The effects of tDCS spread from the modulation of cortical excitability levels [133] up to high-order cognitive networks [134,135], with initial promising results also for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric conditions [136–138].”
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Dyscalculia and the Calculating Brain.
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Boosting psychological change: Combining non-invasive brain stimulation with psychotherapy
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Anodal tDCS targeting the right orbitofrontal cortex enhances facial expression recognition.
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“Respectively, these effects are thought to relate to a shift in membrane potential towards depolarisation and hyperpolarisation, resembling neuroplastic alterations of cortical function (Keeser et al., 2011; Kuo and Nitsche, 2012).”
BackgroundVicario, C., & Nitsche, M. (2013) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00139 · Cited by 47
“Accordingly, tDCS has been recently successfully probed for improving rehabilitation of adult patients suffering from stroke symptoms (Schlaug and Renga, 2008), and for improving cognitive functions (Iyer et al., 2005; Kuo and Nitsche, 2012).”
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Noninvasive Brain Stimulation & Space Exploration: Opportunities and Challenges
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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over parietal cortex improves associative memory
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“Prefrontal tDCS has been shown to exert positive effects on cognitive control in healthy volunteers and depressed patients (Kuo & Nitsche, 2012; Wolkenstein & Plewnia, 2013).”
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“To this end, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) has proved to be an efficient and safe tool in specifically triggering the brain oscillations associated with cognitive functions [20–25].”
The effects of tDCS upon sustained visual attention are dependent on cognitive load.
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Reward Processing in Children With ADHD
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kuo, M.-F., & Nitsche, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Nitsche, Michael A.
- Venue
- Clinical EEG and Neuroscience
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 192-199
- ISSN
- 1550-0594 (ISSN-L)
- 2169-5202
- OpenAlex
- W1994130335
- Cited by
- 319
- References
- 77
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 44 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 22
- FWCI
- 12.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Clinical EEG and Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- GRO (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Keywords
- transcranial direct current stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation, transcranial random noise stimulation, non-invasive brain stimulation, cognitive modulation, cortical excitability, cortical oscillations, working memory, learning, long-term memory, perception
- MeSH terms
- Action Potentials, Brain, Cognition, Evoked Potentials, Humans, Nerve Net, Neuronal Plasticity, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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