Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Neuroimage. 2011 Feb 1;54(3):2287-96. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.09.085. Epub 2010 Oct 13.
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that alters cortical excitability and activity in a polarity-dependent way. Stimulation for a few minutes has been shown to induce plastic alterations of cortical excitability and to improve cognitive performance. These effects might be related to stimulation-induced alterations of functional cortical network connectivity. We aimed to investigate the impact of tDCS on cortical network function by functional connectivity and graph theoretical analysis of the BOLD fMRI spontaneous activity. fMRI resting-state datasets were acquired immediately before and after 10-min bipolar tDCS during rest, with the anode placed over the left primary motor cortex (M1) and the cathode over the contralateral frontopolar cortex. For each dataset, grey matter voxel-based synchronization matrices were calculated and thresholded to construct undirected graphs. Nodal connectivity degree and minimum path length maps were calculated and compared before and after tDCS. Nodal minimum path lengths significantly increased in the left somatomotor (SM1) cortex after anodal tDCS, which means that the number of direct functional connections from the left SM1 to topologically distant grey matter voxels significantly decreased. In contrast, functional coupling between premotor and superior parietal areas with the left SM1 significantly increased. Additionally, the nodal connectivity degree in the left posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) area as well as in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (right DLPFC) significantly increased. In summary, we provide initial support that tDCS-induced neuroplastic alterations might be related to functional connectivity changes in the human brain. Additionally, we propose our approach as a powerful method to track for neuroplastic changes in the human brain.
经颅直流电刺激(tDCS)是一种非侵入性的脑刺激技术,它以极性依赖的方式改变皮质兴奋性和活动。几分钟的刺激已被证明可以诱导皮质兴奋性的可塑性改变,并提高认知表现。这些效应可能与刺激诱导的功能皮质网络连接的改变有关。我们旨在通过功能连接和 BOLD fMRI 自发活动的图论分析来研究 tDCS 对皮质网络功能的影响。在休息时,使用双极 tDCS 在左初级运动皮层(M1)上放置阳极,在对侧额极放置阴极,在 10 分钟 tDCS 之前和之后立即采集 fMRI 静息状态数据集。对于每个数据集,计算灰质体素基于同步的矩阵,并进行阈值处理以构建无向图。计算并比较 tDCS 前后的节点连通度和最小路径长度图。阳极 tDCS 后,左侧躯体运动(SM1)皮质的节点最小路径长度显著增加,这意味着从左侧 SM1 到拓扑上遥远的灰质体素的直接功能连接数量显著减少。相比之下,运动前区和顶叶上区与左侧 SM1 的功能耦合显著增加。此外,左侧后扣带回皮层(PCC)区域以及右侧背外侧前额叶皮层(右侧 DLPFC)的节点连通度显著增加。总之,我们提供了初步的支持,即 tDCS 诱导的神经可塑性改变可能与人类大脑中的功能连接变化有关。此外,我们提出我们的方法作为一种跟踪人类大脑中神经可塑性变化的有力方法。
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