The effects of cervical transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation on motor pathways supplying the upper limb in humans.

ABSTRACT: Non-invasive, weak direct current stimulation can induce changes in excitability of underlying neural tissue. Many studies have used transcranial direct current stimulation to induce changes in the brain, however more recently a number of studies have used transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation to induce changes in the spinal cord. This study further characterises the effects following cervical transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation on motor pathways supplying the upper limb. In Study 1, on two separate days, participants (n = 12, 5 F) received 20 minutes of either real or sham direct current stimulation at 3 mA through electrodes placed in an anterior-posterior configuration over the neck (anode anterior). Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis and first dorsal inteross

SUBMITTER: Donges SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321432 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature