Safety of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Evidence Based Update 2016.

ABSTRACT: This review updates and consolidates evidence on the safety of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). Safety is here operationally defined by, and limited to, the absence of evidence for a Serious Adverse Effect, the criteria for which are rigorously defined. This review adopts an evidence-based approach, based on an aggregation of experience from human trials, taking care not to confuse speculation on potential hazards or lack of data to refute such speculation with evidence for risk. Safety data from animal tests for tissue damage are reviewed with systematic consideration of translation to humans. Arbitrary safety considerations are avoided. Computational models are used to relate dose to brain exposure in humans and animals. We review relevant dose-response curves and dose met

SUBMITTER: Bikson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5007190 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature