title: Transcranial electric stimulation (tES) and NeuroImaging: the state-of-the-art, new insights and prospects in basic and clinical neuroscience.
abstract: Transcranial electric stimulation (tES) of the brain has attracted an increased interest in recent years. Yet, despite remarkable research efforts to date, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of tES' effects are still incompletely understood. This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the state-of-the-art in studies combining tES and neuroimaging, while introducing most recent insights and outlining future prospects related to this new and rapidly growing field. The findings reported here combine methodological advancements with insights into the underlying mechanisms of tES itself. At the same time, they also point to the many caveats and specific challenges associated with such studies, which can arise from both technical and biological sources. Besides promising to advance basic neuroscience, combined tES and neuroimaging studies may also substantially change previous conceptions about the methods of action of electric or magnetic stimulation on the brain.
authors.affiliation: Applied Neurotechnology Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: surjo@soekadar.com.
authors.forename: Surjo R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Soekadar
authors.affiliation: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525, EN, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jim Don
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Herring
authors.affiliation: CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McGonigle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000639:trends*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D058765:Neurofeedback / Q000502:physiology; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000639:trends*; D065908:Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation / Q000639:trends*