Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitus
Tinnitus is the perception of a sound in the absence of an external sound stimulus. This phantom sound has been related to plastic changes and hyperactivity in the auditory cortex. Different neuromodulation techniques such as TMS and tDCS have been used in an attempt to modify local and distant neur...
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| author | Sven eVanneste Felipe eFregni Dirk eDe Ridder |
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| description | Tinnitus is the perception of a sound in the absence of an external sound stimulus. This phantom sound has been related to plastic changes and hyperactivity in the auditory cortex. Different neuromodulation techniques such as TMS and tDCS have been used in an attempt to modify local and distant neuroplasticity as to reduce tinnitus symptoms. Recently, two techniques of pulsed electrical stimulation using weak electrical currents - transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) - have also shown significant neuromodulatory effects. In the present study we conducted the first head-to-head comparison of three different transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) techniques, namely tDCS, tACS and tRNS in 111 tinnitus patients by placing the electrodes overlying the auditory cortex bilaterally. The results demonstrated that tRNS induced the larger transient suppresive effect on the tinnitus loudness and the tinnitus related distress as compared to tDCS and tACS. Both tDCS and tACS induced small and non-significant effects on tinnitus symptoms, supporting the superior effects of tRNS as a method for tinnitus suppression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b7b8f7d620a46f68e1c090574aeb16c2022-12-22T01:55:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402013-12-01410.3389/fpsyt.2013.0015871153Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitusSven eVanneste0Felipe eFregni1Dirk eDe Ridder2University of Texas at DallasHarvard UnversityUniversity of OtagoTinnitus is the perception of a sound in the absence of an external sound stimulus. This phantom sound has been related to plastic changes and hyperactivity in the auditory cortex. Different neuromodulation techniques such as TMS and tDCS have been used in an attempt to modify local and distant neuroplasticity as to reduce tinnitus symptoms. Recently, two techniques of pulsed electrical stimulation using weak electrical currents - transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) - have also shown significant neuromodulatory effects. In the present study we conducted the first head-to-head comparison of three different transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) techniques, namely tDCS, tACS and tRNS in 111 tinnitus patients by placing the electrodes overlying the auditory cortex bilaterally. The results demonstrated that tRNS induced the larger transient suppresive effect on the tinnitus loudness and the tinnitus related distress as compared to tDCS and tACS. Both tDCS and tACS induced small and non-significant effects on tinnitus symptoms, supporting the superior effects of tRNS as a method for tinnitus suppression.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00158/fullTinnitustDCSTACsdistressloudnesstRNS |
| spellingShingle | Sven eVanneste Felipe eFregni Dirk eDe Ridder Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitus Frontiers in Psychiatry Tinnitus tDCS TACs distress loudness tRNS |
| title | Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitus |
| title_full | Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitus |
| title_fullStr | Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitus |
| title_short | Head-to-head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation, transcranial AC stimulation and transcranial DC stimulation for tinnitus |
| title_sort | head to head comparison of transcranial random noise stimulation transcranial ac stimulation and transcranial dc stimulation for tinnitus |
| topic | Tinnitus tDCS TACs distress loudness tRNS |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00158/full |
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