Open AccessMedicinePsychology

Alexandre F. DaSilva, Mariana E. Mendonca, S. Zaghi, Mariana Lopes, M. DosSantos, E. Spierings, Z. Bajwa, A. Datta, M. Bikson, F. Fregni

2012.4.18HEADACHE

DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02141.x

tlooto Summary

This study investigated in a sham‐controlled trial the analgesic effects of a 4‐week treatment of transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex in chronic migraine and analyzed the current flow through brain regions associated with pain perception and modulation.

Abstract

Objective.— We investigated in a sham‐controlled trial the analgesic effects of a 4‐week treatment of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the primary motor cortex in chronic migraine. In addition, using a high‐resolution tDCS computational model, we analyzed the current flow (electric field) through brain regions associated with pain perception and modulation.

Citation format

DASILVA, Alexandre F., et al. Tdcs-induced analgesia and electrical fields in pain-related neural networks in chronic migraine. HEADACHE, 2012, 52: 1283–1295.