Difference between revisions of "Multifocal / Multisite tCS targeting"
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Based on a user defined cortical target map we can consider the optimization of montages (electrode locations and currents) based on such target maps. This applies to tDCS but also to tACS or tRNS stimulation protocols. | Based on a user defined cortical target map we can consider the optimization of montages (electrode locations and currents) based on such target maps. This applies to tDCS but also to tACS or tRNS stimulation protocols. | ||
| − | MtCS offers the possibility of more targeted focal stimulation through the use of one electrode over the target area and the use of several return electrodes | + | MtCS offers the possibility of more targeted focal stimulation through the use of one electrode over the target area and the use of several return electrodes. See our section [[Montages for tCS]] as an example. However, MtCS offers much more: true, global targeting of the cortex. |
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| + | == References == | ||
| + | Papers on this topic are '''now available online. Here are a few:''' | ||
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| + | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468451118300564 Ruffini et al., 2018, Targeting brain networks with multichannel transcranial current stimulation (tCS)] | ||
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| + | [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811913012068 Giulio Ruffini, Michael D. Fox, Oscar Ripolles, Pedro Cavaleiro Miranda, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Optimization of multifocal transcranial current stimulation for weighted cortical pattern targeting from realistic modeling of electric fields, available online, Dec 15, Neuroimage (2013)]. | ||
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| + | [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28572060 Fisher et al., 2017, Multifocal tDCS targeting the resting state motor network increases cortical excitability beyond traditional tDCS targeting unilateral motor cortex] | ||
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| + | [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29436740 Dagan et al., 2018, Multitarget transcranial direct current stimulation for freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease] | ||
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| + | [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26941708 Otal et al, 2016, Opportunities for Guided Multichannel Non-invasive Transcranial Current Stimulation in Poststroke Rehabilitation] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:42, 8 January 2019
In this page we provide some background information on the logic behind Multifocal / Multisite stimulation of the brain. We recall here that StarStim is a true tCS multichannel system, and as such it can be used for advanced global stimulation of the cortex.
Based on a user defined cortical target map we can consider the optimization of montages (electrode locations and currents) based on such target maps. This applies to tDCS but also to tACS or tRNS stimulation protocols.
MtCS offers the possibility of more targeted focal stimulation through the use of one electrode over the target area and the use of several return electrodes. See our section Montages for tCS as an example. However, MtCS offers much more: true, global targeting of the cortex.
References
Papers on this topic are now available online. Here are a few:
