Transcranial direct current stimulation

Intervention4 papers1 findingMeSH D065908

Human trial2

Outcomes

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Motor sequence learning

no changein humans1Moderate certainty

1 study

Transcranial direct current stimulation has no effect on motor sequence learning in humans.
Human trialn = 52
No effect of anodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation during motor sequence learning in older people · GeroScience · 29 Aug 2026

Funding

National Institute on AgingUS$1.2m1 grant since 2022

Phase II clinical trial of transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of primary progressive aphasia
National Institute on AgingUniversity of PennsylvaniaUS$240.1k2022–2027

Latest

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Frontiers in PsychiatryHuman trial18 Sep

Baseline amyloid burden and global cognitive change during a home-based tDCS protocol in late-life depression: an exploratory single-arm study

Frontiers in NeuroscienceReview9 Sep

Mapping and modulating brain dynamics in aging and neurodegeneration with electroencephalography and integrated neurotechnologies in primates

Neurodegenerative disease

GeroScienceHuman trial29 Aug

No effect of anodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation during motor sequence learning in older people

Frontiers in Aging NeuroscienceResearch27 Aug

Non-invasive brain stimulation on functional capacity in prefrail older adults: a protocol for a randomised clinical trial