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EnglishOur aim was to enhance the spontaneous slow-frequency EEG activity during the resting state using oscillating transcranial direct currents (tDCS) with a stimulation frequency that resembles the spontaneous oscillations of sleep onset. Accordingly, in this preliminary study, we assessed EEG after-effects of a frontal oscillatory tDCS with different frequency (0.8 vs. 5 Hz) and polarity (anodal, cathodal, and sham).Two single-blind experiments compared the after effects on the resting EEG of oscillatory tDCS [Exp. 1 = 0.8 Hz, 10 subjects (26.2 ± 2.5 years); Exp. 2 = 5 Hz, 10 subjects (27.4 ± 2.4 years)] by manipulating its polarity.EEG signals recorded (28 scalp derivations) before and after stimulation [slow oscillations (0.5-1 Hz), delta (1-4 Hz), theta (5-7 Hz), alpha (8-12 Hz), beta 1 (13-15 Hz) and beta 2 (16-24 Hz)] were compared between conditions as a function of polarity (anodal vs. cathodal vs. sham) and frequency of stimulation (0.8 vs. 5 Hz).We found a significant relative enhancement of the delta activity after the anodal tDCS at 5 Hz compared to that at 0.8 Hz. This increase, even though not reaching the statistical significance compared to sham, is concomitant to a significant increase of subjective sleepiness, as assessed by a visual analog scale. These two phenomena are linearly related with a regional specificity, correlations being restricted to cortical areas perifocal to the stimulation site.We have shown that a frontal oscillating anodal tDCS at 5 Hz results in an effective change of both subjective sleepiness and spontaneous slow-frequency EEG activity. These changes are critically associated to both stimulation polarity (anodal) and frequency (5 Hz). However, evidence of frequency-dependence seems more unequivocal than evidence of polarity-dependence.
D'atri, A., De Simoni, E., Gorgoni, M., Ferrara, M., Ferlazzo, F., Rossini, P. M., De Gennaro, L., Electrical stimulation of the frontal cortex enhances slow-frequency EEG activity and sleepiness, <<NEUROSCIENCE>>, 2016; 324 (N/A): 119-130. [doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.007] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/94476]
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| Titolo: | Electrical stimulation of the frontal cortex enhances slow-frequency EEG activity and sleepiness |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.007 |
| Indirizzo URL alternativo: | www.elsevier.com/locate/neuroscience |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | Our aim was to enhance the spontaneous slow-frequency EEG activity during the resting state using oscillating transcranial direct currents (tDCS) with a stimulation frequency that resembles the spontaneous oscillations of sleep onset. Accordingly, in this preliminary study, we assessed EEG after-effects of a frontal oscillatory tDCS with different frequency (0.8 vs. 5 Hz) and polarity (anodal, cathodal, and sham).Two single-blind experiments compared the after effects on the resting EEG of oscillatory tDCS [Exp. 1 = 0.8 Hz, 10 subjects (26.2 ± 2.5 years); Exp. 2 = 5 Hz, 10 subjects (27.4 ± 2.4 years)] by manipulating its polarity.EEG signals recorded (28 scalp derivations) before and after stimulation [slow oscillations (0.5-1 Hz), delta (1-4 Hz), theta (5-7 Hz), alpha (8-12 Hz), beta 1 (13-15 Hz) and beta 2 (16-24 Hz)] were compared between conditions as a function of polarity (anodal vs. cathodal vs. sham) and frequency of stimulation (0.8 vs. 5 Hz).We found a significant relative enhancement of the delta activity after the anodal tDCS at 5 Hz compared to that at 0.8 Hz. This increase, even though not reaching the statistical significance compared to sham, is concomitant to a significant increase of subjective sleepiness, as assessed by a visual analog scale. These two phenomena are linearly related with a regional specificity, correlations being restricted to cortical areas perifocal to the stimulation site.We have shown that a frontal oscillating anodal tDCS at 5 Hz results in an effective change of both subjective sleepiness and spontaneous slow-frequency EEG activity. These changes are critically associated to both stimulation polarity (anodal) and frequency (5 Hz). However, evidence of frequency-dependence seems more unequivocal than evidence of polarity-dependence. |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Citazione: | D'atri, A., De Simoni, E., Gorgoni, M., Ferrara, M., Ferlazzo, F., Rossini, P. M., De Gennaro, L., Electrical stimulation of the frontal cortex enhances slow-frequency EEG activity and sleepiness, <<NEUROSCIENCE>>, 2016; 324 (N/A): 119-130. [doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.007] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/94476] |
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