BookAndré Brunoni, Michael Nitsche, Colleen Loo, editors.
Contents:
Part I. Introduction and mechanisms of action
1. Historical aspects of transcranial electric stimulation
2. The new modalities of transcranial electric stimulation: tACS, tRNS, and other approaches
3. Physiology of transcranial direct and alternating current stimulation
4. Computer-based models of tDCS and tACS
5. Animal studies in the field of transcranial electric stimulation
6. Cortical inhibition and excitation in neuropsychiatric disorders using transcranial magnetic stimulation
7. Neurocognitive effects of tDCS in the healthy brain
8. Transcranial direct current stimulation in social and emotion research
9. Multimodal association of tDCS with electroencephalography
10. tDCS and magnetic resonance imaging
11. Target engagement with transcranial current stimulation
12. Cerebellar and spinal tDCS
Part II. Applications of tDCS in neuropsychiatric disorders
13. Mood disorders
14. Schizophrenia
15. OCD, anxiety disorders, and PTSD
16. Neurodegenerative cognitive disorders
17. Impulsivity and substance-use disorders
18. Epilepsy
19. Pain syndromes
20. Stroke
21. Transcranial direct current stimulation in disorders of consciousness
Part III. The clinical use of tDCS
22. Safety and tolerability
23. Home-based tDCS: design, feasibility and safety considerations
24. Ethical aspects of tDCS use in neuropsychiatry and the risk of misuse
25. Regulatory aspects
26. Clinical research and methodological aspects for tDCS research
Index.