Can bihemispheric anodal transcranial current stimulation improve bimanual performance in persons with spinal cord injury? A feasibility study

Objective: The rationale for using transcranial current stimulation (tCS) to increase cortical excitability in individuals with cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) may not be intuitively obvious. However, beyond damage to descending spinal tracts, cSCI is associated with maladaptive cortical reorganization thereby hindering the ability of the cortex to drive information through remaining spinal pathways. Early evidence suggests that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) promotes neuroplasticity in persons with cSCI, resulting in increased motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude and improved hand function.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research