What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression?
The interest in using non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) for the treatment of major depression (MD), including treatment resistant depression, is growing rapidly. The paper by Bennabi and Haffen (<i>Brain Sci.</i> <b>2018</b>, <i>8</i>) was an important step to...
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| description | The interest in using non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) for the treatment of major depression (MD), including treatment resistant depression, is growing rapidly. The paper by Bennabi and Haffen (<i>Brain Sci.</i> <b>2018</b>, <i>8</i>) was an important step towards the formal acceptance of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a possible form of therapy. Their review demonstrated favourable support for the beneficial effects of tDCS for MD, coupled with necessary practical considerations, such as its relatively low cost, portability/ease of use in clinical settings, non-invasiveness, and good tolerability. Here, we provide a follow-up to their review and sketch a current update. Means for optimizing tDCS efficacy and potential limitations of current studies are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a3f246a313ab4cb8a6e083e372e48dfb2023-11-20T07:56:10ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252020-07-0110848010.3390/brainsci10080480What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression?Derrick Matthew Buchanan0Philippe Robaey1Amedeo D’Angiulli2Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CanadaDepartment of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CanadaDepartment of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CanadaThe interest in using non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) for the treatment of major depression (MD), including treatment resistant depression, is growing rapidly. The paper by Bennabi and Haffen (<i>Brain Sci.</i> <b>2018</b>, <i>8</i>) was an important step towards the formal acceptance of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a possible form of therapy. Their review demonstrated favourable support for the beneficial effects of tDCS for MD, coupled with necessary practical considerations, such as its relatively low cost, portability/ease of use in clinical settings, non-invasiveness, and good tolerability. Here, we provide a follow-up to their review and sketch a current update. Means for optimizing tDCS efficacy and potential limitations of current studies are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/8/480transcranial direct current stimulationtDCSnon-invasive brain stimulationNIBStranscranial magnetic stimulationtranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
| spellingShingle | Derrick Matthew Buchanan Philippe Robaey Amedeo D’Angiulli What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression? Brain Sciences transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS non-invasive brain stimulation NIBS transcranial magnetic stimulation transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
| title | What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression? |
| title_full | What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression? |
| title_fullStr | What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression? |
| title_short | What Do We Know about Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Major Depression? |
| title_sort | what do we know about transcranial direct current stimulation for major depression |
| topic | transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS non-invasive brain stimulation NIBS transcranial magnetic stimulation transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/8/480 |
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