Cerebellar and Spinal tDCS

摘要: In the last 5–7 years, cerebellar and spinal DC stimulation received growing attention by experimental clinical neuroscientists. Although efficacy of tDCS awaits confirmation in large, clinical, randomized controlled studies, there are now several important key points underlying their mechanisms action that should be discussed. Briefly, delivering currents for few minutes over cerebellum or cord can induce persistent, polarity-dependent excitability changes persisting after current offset. Cerebellar elicit neurophysiological behavioral both motor functions cognitive-behavioral domain. Spinal elicits related to functions, but, interestingly, also brain may arise from activation tonic afferent systems brain. Future studies endeavor assess whether data translate into benefits real life, lengthen benefits, investigate how changing variables influences tDCS-induced effects, determine possible interactions with other treatments, improve patients’ selection.