Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation Increases Extracellular Dopamine Levels in the Rat Striatum

Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation Increases Extracellular Dopamine Levels in the Rat Striatum

Background: Transcranial direct-current stimulation is a non-invasive procedure that achieves polarity-dependent modulation of neuronal membrane potentials. It has recently been used as a functional intervention technique for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological diseases; however, its neuro...

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Main Authors: Tomoko eTanaka, Yuji eTakano, Satoshi eTanaka, Naoyuki eHironaka, Kazuto eKobayashi, Takashi eHanakawa, Katsumi eWatanabe, Manabu eHonda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Subjects:
Basal Ganglia
Dopamine
Parkinson Disease
Striatum
transcranial direct current stimulation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00006/full

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