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Investigating transcranial and transcutaneous alternating current stimulation to control tremor

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Invasive deep brain stimulation (DBS), involves the chronic implantation of electrodes in a specific deep brain target nucleus to deliver continuous electrical stimulation. It is highly effective in treating a range of neurological disorders such as essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson's disease, and is being explored as a treatment for some psychiatric disorders. The main disadvantage of DBS is that it requires highly invasive surgery with significant risk and discomfort for the patient. Alternatevily transcranial alternating current stimulation (TACS) is a noninvasive neuromodulation method in which a low amplitude current waveform is passed through large pad electrodes attached to the scalp. TACS stimulation cannot penetrate to deep brain targets but it can cause weak neuromodulation in cortical targets. The aim of my PHD is to optimize TACS in order to provide a non-invasive technique with higher neuromodulation effect.
Publication year:2019
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