Journal
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 1597-1609Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx055
Keywords
direct-current stimulation; ERD; ERSGABA; magnetoencephalography
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01 MH103220]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [1539067]
- University of Nebraska Foundation
- Nebraska Banker's Association
- Office of Integrative Activities
- Office Of The Director [1539067] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is now a widely used method for modulating the human brain, but the resulting physiological effects are not understood. Recent studies have combined magnetoencephalography (MEG) with simultaneous tDCS to evaluate online changes in occipital alpha and gamma oscillations, but no study to date has quantified the offline (i.e., after tDCS) alterations in these responses. Thirty-five healthy adults received active or sham anodal tDCS to the occipital cortices, and then completed a visual stimulation paradigm during MEG that is known to elicit robust gamma and alpha oscillations. The resulting MEG data were imaged and peak voxel time series were extracted to evaluate tDCS effects. We found that tDCS to the occipital increased the amplitude of local gamma oscillations, and basal alpha levels during the baseline. tDCS was also associated with network-level effects, including increased gamma oscillations in the prefrontal cortex, parietal, and other visual attention regions. Finally, although tDCS did not modulate peak gamma frequency, this variable was inversely correlated with gamma amplitude, which is consistent with a GABA-gamma link. In conclusion, tDCS alters gamma oscillations and basal alpha levels. The net offline effects on gamma activity are consistent with the view that anodal tDCS decreases local GABA.
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