Transcranial direct current stimulation: State of the art 2008

Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation

2000 • 5,120 citations

Sustained excitability elevations induced by transcranial DC motor cortex stimulation in humans

2001 • 2,463 citations

Transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS): A tool for double-blind sham-controlled clinical studies in brain stimulation

2006 • 1,581 citations

Pharmacological Modulation of Cortical Excitability Shifts Induced by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Humans

2003 • 1,410 citations

Pharmacological approach to the mechanisms of transcranial DC-stimulation-induced after-effects of human motor cortex excitability

2002 • 1,297 citations

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of prefrontal cortex enhances working memory

2005 • 1,127 citations

Effects of non-invasive cortical stimulation on skilled motor function in chronic stroke

2005 • 1,082 citations

Safety aspects of transcranial direct current stimulation concerning healthy subjects and patients

2007 • 1,014 citations

Facilitation of Implicit Motor Learning by Weak Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Primary Motor Cortex in the Human

2003 • 976 citations

The action of brief polarizing currents on the cerebral cortex of the rat (1) during current flow and (2) in the production of long‐lasting after‐effects

1964 • 929 citations

INTRACELLULAR ACTIVITIES AND EVOKED POTENTIAL CHANGES DURING POLARIZATION OF MOTOR CORTEX

1965 • 842 citations

How does transcranial DC stimulation of the primary motor cortex alter regional neuronal activity in the human brain?

2005 • 748 citations

Level of action of cathodal DC polarisation induced inhibition of the human motor cortex

2003 • 721 citations

Shaping the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex

2007 • 719 citations

Modeling the current distribution during transcranial direct current stimulation

2006 • 710 citations

A sham-controlled, phase II trial of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of central pain in traumatic spinal cord injury

2006 • 686 citations

Modulating parameters of excitability during and after transcranial direct current stimulation of the human motor cortex

2005 • 686 citations

Preconditioning of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Evidence for Homeostatic Plasticity in the Human Motor Cortex

2004 • 681 citations

Safety and cognitive effect of frontal DC brain polarization in healthy individuals

2005 • 665 citations

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on working memory in patients with Parkinson's disease

2006 • 620 citations

Probing the human vestibular system with galvanic stimulation

2004 • 613 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation of the unaffected hemisphere in stroke patients

2005 • 596 citations

Chapter 27 Modulation of cortical excitability by weak direct current stimulation – technical, safety and functional aspects

2003 • 572 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation: A computer-based human model study

2007 • 555 citations

A randomized, sham‐controlled, proof of principle study of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of pain in fibromyalgia

2006 • 551 citations

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation during Sleep Improves Declarative Memory

2004 • 542 citations

Polarization of the human motor cortex through the scalp

1998 • 542 citations

Influence of transcortical d-c currents on cortical neuronal activity

1962 • 539 citations

A randomized, double-blind clinical trial on the efficacy of cortical direct current stimulation for the treatment of major depression

2007 • 535 citations

Current Distribution in the Brain From Surface Electrodes

1968 • 515 citations

Repeated sessions of noninvasive brain DC stimulation is associated with motor function improvement in stroke patients

2007 • 508 citations

Brain polarization in humans: a reappraisal of an old tool for prolonged non-invasive modulation of brain excitability

2003 • 483 citations

Diminishing Risk-Taking Behavior by Modulating Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex: A Direct Current Stimulation Study

2007 • 455 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation improves recognition memory in Alzheimer disease

2008 • 433 citations

Activation of Prefrontal Cortex by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces Appetite for Risk during Ambiguous Decision Making

2007 • 428 citations

Non‐synaptic mechanisms underlie the after‐effects of cathodal transcutaneous direct current stimulation of the human brain

2005 • 412 citations

Noninvasive cortical stimulation with transcranial direct current stimulation in Parkinson's disease

2006 • 404 citations

Direct Current Stimulation over V5 Enhances Visuomotor Coordination by Improving Motion Perception in Humans

2004 • 384 citations

Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Improves Language Learning

2008 • 379 citations

Improved naming after transcranial direct current stimulation in aphasia

2007 • 370 citations

Consolidation of Human Motor Cortical Neuroplasticity by D-Cycloserine

2004 • 368 citations

Excitability Changes Induced in the Human Primary Visual Cortex by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Direct Electrophysiological Evidence

2004 • 363 citations

Time-dependent effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the enhancement of working memory

2008 • 356 citations

GABAergic modulation of DC stimulation‐induced motor cortex excitability shifts in humans

2004 • 350 citations

Prefrontal cortex modulation using transcranial DC stimulation reduces alcohol craving: A double-blind, sham-controlled study

2007 • 345 citations

Preconditioning with transcranial direct current stimulation sensitizes the motor cortex to rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation and controls the direction of after-effects

2004 • 328 citations

Facilitation of visuo‐motor learning by transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor and extrastriate visual areas in humans

2004 • 326 citations

Enhancement of non-dominant hand motor function by anodal transcranial direct current stimulation

2006 • 326 citations

Improved isometric force endurance after transcranial direct current stimulation over the human motor cortical areas

2007 • 319 citations

Dopaminergic modulation of long‐lasting direct current‐induced cortical excitability changes in the human motor cortex

2006 • 318 citations

Facilitation of probabilistic classification learning by transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex in the human

2003 • 314 citations

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over the human motor cortex on corticospinal and transcallosal excitability

2004 • 298 citations

Age and sex differences in human motor cortex input–output characteristics

2003 • 282 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex modulates the desire for specific foods

2007 • 274 citations

Towards unravelling task‐related modulations of neuroplastic changes induced in the human motor cortex

2007 • 274 citations

Cortical Stimulation of the Prefrontal Cortex With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces Cue-Provoked Smoking Craving

2008 • 267 citations

Boosting Focally-Induced Brain Plasticity by Dopamine

2007 • 263 citations

Considerations for safety in the use of extracranial stimulation for motor evoked potentials

1987 • 256 citations

Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Impairs the Practice-dependent Proficiency Increase in Working Memory

2008 • 241 citations

Go-no-go task performance improvement after anodal transcranial DC stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in major depression

2006 • 239 citations

External modulation of visual perception in humans

2001 • 234 citations

Regional modulation of BOLD MRI responses to human sensorimotor activation by transcranial direct current stimulation

2001 • 231 citations

Studying the Neurobiology of Social Interaction with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation--The Example of Punishing Unfairness

2007 • 228 citations

Manipulation of phosphene thresholds by transcranial direct current stimulation in man

2003 • 224 citations

Effects of brain polarization on reaction times and pinch force in chronic stroke

2006 • 220 citations

Combined transcranial direct current stimulation and robot-assisted arm training in subacute stroke patients: A pilot study

2007 • 219 citations

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on the excitability of the leg motor cortex

2007 • 219 citations

Enhancing language performance with non-invasive brain stimulation—A transcranial direct current stimulation study in healthy humans

2007 • 217 citations

Lie-Specific Involvement of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Deception

2007 • 216 citations

Timing-Dependent Modulation of Associative Plasticity by General Network Excitability in the Human Motor Cortex

2007 • 214 citations

Anticonvulsant Effects of Transcranial Direct‐current Stimulation (tDCS) in the Rat Cortical Ramp Model of Focal Epilepsy

2006 • 212 citations

Premotor transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) affects primary motor excitability in humans

2008 • 204 citations

Transient tinnitus suppression induced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation

2006 • 203 citations

Homeostatic-like plasticity of the primary motor hand area is impaired in focal hand dystonia

2005 • 200 citations

Focusing Effect of Acetylcholine on Neuroplasticity in the Human Motor Cortex

2007 • 194 citations

Catecholaminergic Consolidation of Motor Cortical Neuroplasticity in Humans

2004 • 187 citations

Effect of transcranial DC sensorimotor cortex stimulation on somatosensory evoked potentials in humans

2003 • 186 citations

Visual evoked potentials modulation during direct current cortical polarization

2006 • 184 citations

Increase in the calcium level following anodal polarization in the rat brain

1995 • 183 citations

Mental Changes Resulting from the Passage of Small Direct Currents Through the Human Brain

1964 • 181 citations

Mechanisms for electrical stimulation of excitable tissue.

1994 • 172 citations

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over Somatosensory Cortex Decreases ExperimentallyInduced Acute Pain Perception

2008 • 171 citations

Bifrontal transcranial direct current stimulation slows reaction time in a working memory task.

2005 • 167 citations

Limited impact of homeostatic plasticity on motor learning in humans

2008 • 161 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation disrupts tactile perception

2004 • 158 citations

MRI study of human brain exposed to weak direct current stimulation of the frontal cortex

2004 • 156 citations

Site‐specific Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Sleep and Pain in Fibromyalgia: A Randomized, Sham‐controlled Study

2007 • 152 citations

Primary motor cortex activation by transcranial direct current stimulation in the human brain

2008 • 147 citations

Perception of comfort during transcranial DC stimulation: Effect of NaCl solution concentration applied to sponge electrodes

2007 • 141 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation applied over the somatosensory cortex – Differential effect on low and high frequency SEPs

2006 • 139 citations

Short and long duration transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the human hand motor area

2007 • 137 citations

Diminution of training-induced transient motor cortex plasticity by weak transcranial direct current stimulation in the human

2000 • 129 citations

Gender-specific modulation of short-term neuroplasticity in the visual cortex induced by transcranial direct current stimulation

2008 • 127 citations

Mechanisms of Sustained Increases of Firing Rate of Neurones in the Rat Cerebral Cortex after Polarization: Role of Protein Synthesis

1968 • 127 citations

Improvement of spatial tactile acuity by transcranial direct current stimulation

2008 • 125 citations

Modulation of moving phosphene thresholds by transcranial direct current stimulation of V1 in human

2003 • 124 citations

Sex differences in cortical neuroplasticity in humans

2006 • 123 citations

Oscillatory brain activity and transcranial direct current stimulation in humans

2004 • 107 citations

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reveals Inhibitory Deficiency In Migraine

2007 • 105 citations

A Controlled Trial of the Therapeutic Effects of Polarization of the Brain in Depressive Illness

1964 • 100 citations

Biphasic effects of polarizing current on adenosine-sensitive generation of cyclic AMP in rat cerebral cortex

1990 • 100 citations

Vasodilatation in response to repeated anodal current application in the human skin relies on aspirin‐sensitive mechanisms

2002 • 98 citations

Intracerebral current levels in man during electrosleep therapy.

1975 • 86 citations

Long lasting effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on motor imagery

2004 • 79 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary motor cortex affects cortical drive to human musculature as assessed by intermuscular coherence

2006 • 79 citations

Direct current stimulation over MT+/V5 modulates motion aftereffect in humans

2004 • 79 citations

Cisternal S100 protein and neuron-specific enolase are elevated and site-specific markers in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

1999 • 77 citations

Brain polarization: behavioral and therapeutic effects.

1977 • 70 citations

Homeostatic Metaplasticity of the Motor Cortex is Altered during Headache-Free Intervals in Migraine with Aura

2008 • 69 citations

Bidirectional Modulation of Primary Visual Cortex Excitability: A Combined tDCS and rTMS Study

2007 • 66 citations

Pergolide Increases the Efficacy of Cathodal Direct Current Stimulation to Reduce the Amplitude of Laser-Evoked Potentials in Humans

2008 • 64 citations

Bartholow, Sciamanna, Alberti: Pioneers in the Electrical Stimulation of the Exposed Human Cerebral Cortex

2007 • 52 citations

Motor cortex abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with transcranial direct‐current stimulation

2007 • 31 citations

Chapter 28 Modulation of motor consolidation by external DC stimulation

2003 • 23 citations

Negative polarisation of the brain in the treatment of manic states

1969 • 21 citations

Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the parietal cortex modifies facial gender adaptation.

2007 • 21 citations

Chapter 29 Pharmacology of transcranial direct current stimulation: missing effect of riluzole

2003 • 11 citations

Transcranial direct current stimulation reveals inhibitory deficiency in migraine. Cephalalgia

2007 • 5 citations