Inter-subject Variability in Electric Fields of Motor Cortical tDCS

• Published in: Brain stimulation Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 906 - 913
• Main Authors: Laakso, Ilkka, Tanaka, Satoshi, Koyama, Soichiro, De Santis, Valerio, Hirata, Akimasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Brain Waves; Electric field; Finite-element method; Humans; Inter-subject variability; Male; Middle Aged; Motor cortex; Motor Cortex - physiology; Neurology; tDCS; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - methods; Finite-element method; Electric field; tDCS; Inter-subject variability; Motor cortex

The sources of inter-subject variability in the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) remain unknown. One potential source of variations is the brain's electric field, which varies according to each individual's anatomical features. We employed an approach that combine...