Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Poststroke Motor Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities. 2018

Wuwei Feng, and Steven A Kautz, and Gottfried Schlaug, and Caitlyn Meinzer, and Mark S George, and Pratik Y Chhatbar
Departments of Neurology and Health Science and Research, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, SC 29425(∗). Electronic address: feng@musc.edu.

There has been a renewed research interest in transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an adjunctive tool for poststroke motor recovery as it has a neuro-modulatory effect on the human cortex. However, there are barriers towards its successful application in motor recovery as several scientific issues remain unresolved, including device-related issues (ie, dose-response relationship, safety and tolerability concerns, interhemispheric imbalance model, and choice of montage) and clinical trial-related issues (ie, patient selection, timing of study, and choice of outcomes). This narrative review examines and discusses the existing challenges in using tDCS as a brain modulation tool in facilitating recovery after stroke. Potential solutions pertinent to using tDCS with the goal of harnessing the brains plasticity are proposed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009044 Motor Cortex Area of the FRONTAL LOBE concerned with primary motor control located in the dorsal PRECENTRAL GYRUS immediately anterior to the central sulcus. It is comprised of three areas: the primary motor cortex located on the anterior paracentral lobule on the medial surface of the brain; the premotor cortex located anterior to the primary motor cortex; and the supplementary motor area located on the midline surface of the hemisphere anterior to the primary motor cortex. Brodmann Area 4,Brodmann Area 6,Brodmann's Area 4,Brodmann's Area 6,Premotor Cortex and Supplementary Motor Cortex,Premotor and Supplementary Motor Cortices,Anterior Central Gyrus,Gyrus Precentralis,Motor Area,Motor Strip,Precentral Gyrus,Precentral Motor Area,Precentral Motor Cortex,Premotor Area,Premotor Cortex,Primary Motor Area,Primary Motor Cortex,Secondary Motor Areas,Secondary Motor Cortex,Somatic Motor Areas,Somatomotor Areas,Supplementary Motor Area,Area 4, Brodmann,Area 4, Brodmann's,Area 6, Brodmann,Area 6, Brodmann's,Area, Motor,Area, Precentral Motor,Area, Premotor,Area, Primary Motor,Area, Secondary Motor,Area, Somatic Motor,Area, Somatomotor,Area, Supplementary Motor,Brodmann's Area 6s,Brodmanns Area 4,Brodmanns Area 6,Central Gyrus, Anterior,Cortex, Motor,Cortex, Precentral Motor,Cortex, Premotor,Cortex, Primary Motor,Cortex, Secondary Motor,Cortices, Secondary Motor,Gyrus, Anterior Central,Gyrus, Precentral,Motor Area, Precentral,Motor Area, Primary,Motor Area, Secondary,Motor Area, Somatic,Motor Areas,Motor Cortex, Precentral,Motor Cortex, Primary,Motor Cortex, Secondary,Motor Strips,Precentral Motor Areas,Precentral Motor Cortices,Premotor Areas,Primary Motor Areas,Primary Motor Cortices,Secondary Motor Area,Secondary Motor Cortices,Somatic Motor Area,Somatomotor Area,Supplementary Motor Areas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000071939 Stroke Rehabilitation Restoration of functions to the maximum degree possible in a person or persons suffering from a stroke. Rehabilitation, Stroke
D019054 Evoked Potentials, Motor The electrical response evoked in a muscle or motor nerve by electrical or magnetic stimulation. Common methods of stimulation are by transcranial electrical and TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION. It is often used for monitoring during neurosurgery. Motor Evoked Potentials,Evoked Potential, Motor,Motor Evoked Potential,Potential, Motor Evoked,Potentials, Motor Evoked
D020127 Recovery of Function A partial or complete return to the normal or proper physiologic activity of an organ or part following disease or trauma. Function Recoveries,Function Recovery
D065908 Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation A technique of brain electric stimulation therapy which uses constant, low current delivered via ELECTRODES placed on various locations on the scalp. Anodal Stimulation Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation,Anodal Stimulation tDCS,Cathodal Stimulation Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation,Cathodal Stimulation tDCS,Repetitive Transcranial Electrical Stimulation,Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation,Transcranial Electrical Stimulation,Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation,tDCS,Anodal Stimulation tDCSs,Cathodal Stimulation tDCSs,Electrical Stimulation, Transcranial,Electrical Stimulations, Transcranial,Stimulation tDCS, Anodal,Stimulation tDCS, Cathodal,Stimulation tDCSs, Anodal,Stimulation tDCSs, Cathodal,Stimulation, Transcranial Electrical,Stimulations, Transcranial Electrical,Transcranial Electrical Stimulations,tDCS, Anodal Stimulation,tDCS, Cathodal Stimulation,tDCSs, Anodal Stimulation,tDCSs, Cathodal Stimulation

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