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Title: | Systematic evaluation of the impact of stimulation intensity on neuroplastic after‐effects induced by transcranial direct current stimulation | Authors: | JAMIL, Asif Batsikadze, Giorgi Hsiao-I., Kuo Labruna, Ludovica Hasan, Alkomiet Paulus, Walter Nitsche, Michael |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | WILEY | Source: | Journal of Physiology, 595(4), p. 1273-1288 | Abstract: | Contemporary non‐invasive neuromodulatory techniques, such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), have shown promising potential in both restituting impairments in cortical physiology in clinical settings, as well as modulating cognitive abilities in the healthy population. However, neuroplastic after‐effects of tDCS are highly dependent on stimulation parameters, relatively short lasting, and not expectedly uniform between individuals. The present study systematically investigates the full range of current intensity between 0.5 and 2.0 mA on left primary motor cortex (M1) plasticity, as well as the impact of individual‐level covariates on explaining inter‐individual variability. Thirty‐eight healthy subjects were divided into groups of anodal and cathodal tDCS. Five DC intensities (sham, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mA) were investigated in separate sessions. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), 25 motor‐evoked potentials (MEPs) were recorded before, and 10 time points up to 2 h following 15 min of tDCS. Repeated‐measures ANOVAs indicated a main effect of intensity for both anodal and cathodal tDCS. With anodal tDCS, all active intensities resulted in equivalent facilitatory effects relative to sham while for cathodal tDCS, only 1.0 mA resulted in sustained excitability diminution. An additional experiment conducted to assess intra‐individual variability revealed generally good reliability of 1.0 mA anodal tDCS (ICC(2,1) = 0.74 over the first 30 min). A post hoc analysis to discern sources of inter‐individual variability confirmed a previous finding in which individual TMS SI1mV (stimulus intensity for 1 mV MEP amplitude) sensitivity correlated negatively with 1.0 mA anodal tDCS effects on excitability. Our study thus provides further insights on the extent of non‐linear intensity‐dependent neuroplastic after‐effects of anodal and cathodal tDCS. | Keywords: | tDCS; TMS; neuroplasticity | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/28501 | ISSN: | 0928-4257 | DOI: | 10.1113/JP272738 | ISI #: | 000394581400030 | Rights: | 2016 The Authors. The Journal of Physiology 2016 The Physiological Society | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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