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The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Over Human Motor Function

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Abstract

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive, weak cortical neurostimulation technique which implements direct currents through two electrodes with opposite polarization when both are placed over a conductive surface (e.g. the scalp). It has demonstrated positive effects in a wide range of psychopathologies and neurological disorders in the last 15 years, being its neurophysiological modulatory effect on neuro-motor impairments one of the most important targets in tDCS researching. Thus, different motor-related pathologies have been improved by tDCS, such motor alterations after stroke, Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy in childhood, multiple sclerosis, etc. The positive effects of tDCS on motor abilities, both pathological condition or in healthy population, define it as an interesting option to induce neurophysiological changes complementing the traditional rehabilitation procedures. The comprehension of its neurophysiological and biochemical effects, the development of more ideographic procedures, and its integration with pharmacological treatments are mandatory in order to further improve its usage in rehabilitation approaches.

C. Pérez-Fernández1, A. Sánchez-Kuhn contributed equally to the present manuscript.

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This study was funded by the grants from the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spanish Government (PSI2012-31660 and PSI2014-55785-C2-1-R) and counted with the participation of the Instituto de Neurorehabilitación InPaula.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain

    Cristian Pérez-Fernández, Ana Sánchez-Kuhn, Pilar Flores & Fernando Sánchez-Santed

  2. Instituto de Neurorrehabilitación Infantil InPaula, Almería, Spain

    Ana Sánchez-Kuhn, Rosa Cánovas, Pilar Flores & Fernando Sánchez-Santed

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Pérez-Fernández, C., Sánchez-Kuhn, A., Cánovas, R., Flores, P., Sánchez-Santed, F. (2016). The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Over Human Motor Function. In: Ortuño, F., Rojas, I. (eds) Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering. IWBBIO 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9656. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31744-1_43

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