Shin Yong-Il, Foerster Águida, Nitsche Michael A
University Medical Center, Department Clinical Neurophysiology, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, South Korea.
University Medical Center, Department Clinical Neurophysiology, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.
Neuropsychologia. 2015 Mar;69:154-75. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.02.002. Epub 2015 Feb 3.
Non-invasive brain stimulation is a versatile tool to modulate psychological processes via alterations of brain activity, and excitability. It is applied to explore the physiological basis of cognition and behavior, as well as to reduce clinical symptoms in neurological and psychiatric diseases. Neuromodulatory brain stimulation via transcranial direct currents (tDCS) has gained increased attention recently. In this review we will describe physiological mechanisms of action of tDCS, and summarize its application to modulate psychological processes in healthy humans and neuropsychiatric diseases. Furthermore, beyond giving an overview of the state of the art of tDCS, including limitations, we will outline future directions of research in this relatively young scientific field.
非侵入性脑刺激是一种通过改变大脑活动和兴奋性来调节心理过程的多功能工具。它被用于探索认知和行为的生理基础，以及减轻神经和精神疾病的临床症状。经颅直流电刺激（tDCS）这种神经调节性脑刺激最近受到了越来越多的关注。在这篇综述中，我们将描述tDCS的生理作用机制，并总结其在调节健康人类心理过程和神经精神疾病中的应用。此外，除了概述tDCS的当前技术水平，包括其局限性，我们还将勾勒出这个相对年轻的科学领域未来的研究方向。
