Parsing the antidepressant effects of non-invasive brain stimulation and pharmacotherapy: A symptom clustering approach on ELECT-TDCS

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) presents small antidepressant efficacy at group level and considerable inter-individual variability of response. Its heterogeneous effects bring the need to investigate whether specific groups of patients submitted to tDCS could present comparable or larger improvement compared to pharmacotherapy. Aggregate measurements might be insufficient to address its effects.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - May 25, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Stephan A. Goerigk, Frank Padberg, Adam Chekroud, Joseph Kambeitz, Markus B ühner, Andre R. Brunoni Source Type: research