Modulation of cortical activity by transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with affective disorder

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to have antidepressant efficacy in patients experiencing a major depressive episode, but little is known about the underlying neurophysiology. The purpose of our study was to investigate the acute effects of tDCS on cortical activity usin...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-06, Vol.9 (6), p.e98503-e98503
Main Authors: Powell, Tamara Y, Boonstra, Tjeerd W, Martin, Donel M, Loo, Colleen K, Breakspear, Michael
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Active control
Acute effects
Adult
Antidepressants
Biology and Life Sciences
Brain
Brain research
Care and treatment
Cerebral Cortex - physiopathology
Cortex (frontal)
Depression (Mood disorder)
Direct current
EEG
Electrical stimulation of the brain
Electroencephalography
ESB
Event-related potentials
Evoked Potentials
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Memory
Memory, Short-Term
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Mood Disorders - diagnosis
Mood Disorders - physiopathology
Mood Disorders - therapy
Neurophysiology
Neurosciences
Patients
Prefrontal cortex
Psychiatry
Research and Analysis Methods
Short term memory
Stimulation
Studies
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Treatment Outcome
Visual cortex
Visual observation
Visual Perception
Visual tasks
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description Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to have antidepressant efficacy in patients experiencing a major depressive episode, but little is known about the underlying neurophysiology. The purpose of our study was to investigate the acute effects of tDCS on cortical activity using electroencephalography (EEG) in patients with an affective disorder. Eighteen patients diagnosed with an affective disorder and experiencing a depressive episode participated in a sham-controlled study of tDCS, each receiving a session of active (2 mA for 20 minutes) and sham tDCS to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The effects of tDCS on EEG activity were assessed after each session using event-related potentials (ERP) and measurement of spectral activity during a visual working memory (VWM) task. We observed task and intervention dependent effects on both ERPs and task-related alpha and theta activity, where active compared to sham stimulation resulted in a significant reduction in the N2 amplitude and reduced theta activity over frontal areas during memory retrieval. In summary a single session of anodal tDCS stimulation to the left DLPFC during a major depressive episode resulted in modulated brain activity evident in task-related EEG. Effects on the N2 and frontal theta activity likely reflect modulated activity in the medial frontal cortex and hence indicate that the after-effects of tDCS extend beyond the direct focal effects to the left DLPFC.
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Acute effects
Adult
Antidepressants
Biology and Life Sciences
Brain
Brain research
Care and treatment
Cerebral Cortex - physiopathology
Cortex (frontal)
Depression (Mood disorder)
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Electroencephalography
ESB
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Evoked Potentials
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Male
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Memory
Memory, Short-Term
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Mood Disorders - diagnosis
Mood Disorders - physiopathology
Mood Disorders - therapy
Neurophysiology
Neurosciences
Patients
Prefrontal cortex
Psychiatry
Research and Analysis Methods
Short term memory
Stimulation
Studies
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Treatment Outcome
Visual cortex
Visual observation
Visual Perception
Visual tasks
title Modulation of cortical activity by transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with affective disorder
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