title: Outside access: advances in tDCS could provide a mainstream clinical tool for noninvasive neuromodulation.
abstract: A treatment for depression, chronic pain, cravings, and more--this is the emerging field of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). In tDCS, transcranial means through the skull, and direct current is a weak stimulation current delivered to the brain using noninvasive electrodes placed on the scalp [Figure 1(a)].
authors.forename: Herschel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caytak
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borisenko
authors.forename: Miodrag
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolic
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D065908:Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data