NCT02125422

Neurophysiological Study of tDCS Effects in Healthy Volunteers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Liege · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Transcranial direct current stimulation is a tool to modulate cortical excitability.

Detailed description

Anodal transcranial direct currenti stimulation over visual cortex is able to decrease the thermo-nociceptive sensibility and thermonociceptive potentials, whilst cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation has the opposite effect, it decreases VEP amplitude and habituation. This neuromodulation technique is probably a tool in the prevention in episodic and chronic migraine. The aim of the study is to study short and long term effect of tDCS over pain treshold, contact heat evoked potentials, blink reflex and visual evoked potentials in healthy volunteers.

Conditions

• Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Cefaly tDCS	Cefaly tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) is able to modify cortical excitability, in particular anodal tDCS increases it. The side effects of tDCS are minor, especially sensations of itching and scalp paresthesias.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2014-04-29
• Last updated: 2015-05-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium