tDCSEvidence & Dosage

Top studies on tDCS

Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.

1. 01

   Targeting the prefrontal-supplementary motor network with online and offline tDCS to modulate disgust: A single-blind and sham-controlled study

   Behavioural Brain Research·20261 influential citations

   In certain individuals, disgust experience is abnormally high. This heightened sensitivity serves as a cognitive component that can lead to dysfunction in neural circuits related to emotion processing and psychological disorders such as…

2. 02

   High-definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Cognitive Function in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: An Open-label Pilot Study Informed by Cross-sectional Analysis.

   Current neuropharmacology·2026·n=104E

   Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (CSVD) is one of the most common causes of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia, and there is still a lack of effective treatment options. High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation…

3. 03

   Effect of Adjunctive High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) to Oral Naltrexone on Craving, Brain Glutamate-Glutamine (Glx) at Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC) in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Sham-Controlled HD-tDCS-fMRS Study.

   The journal of ECT·2026·n=50E

   Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic relapsing condition requiring long-term pharmacotherapy. Because of their variable efficacy and poor adherence, newer neuromodulation approaches are being examined. Our study aimed to investigate the…

4. 04

   Effects of slow oscillatory HD-tDCS on creative cognition and prefrontal cortex activity: A multimodal EEG-fNIRS study.

   Biological psychology·2026E

   Creativity relies on the dynamic interaction between the default mode (DMN) and frontoparietal control (FPCN) networks, supported by controlled attentional processing and associative strategies. Slow wave activity (SWA: 0.1- 1 Hz)…

5. 05

   Effectiveness of bipolar-balanced prefrontal tDCS in patients with borderline personality disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial

   Journal of Affective Disorders·2026

   <h4>Introduction</h4>Preliminary evidence suggested that transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) could improve Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) symptoms, including impulsivity and emotion dysregulation. However, substantial…

6. 06

   Identification of molecular changes in organs of obese rats following transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) – studies by FTIR microspectroscopy and chemometrics

   Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy·2026

   Due to increasing prevalence of obesity new safe and non-invasive therapies are sought to cope with the epidemic. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a neurostimulation technique that targets both the cortical and deeper…

7. 07

   Modulating inhibitory control in test-anxious individuals via tDCS: An ERP study

   Journal of Psychiatric Research·2026·n=42

   Test anxiety is a common emotional problem that often negatively affects academic performance. To examine the potential of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in modulating neural inhibitory control efficiency in individuals…

8. 08

   Remotely Supervised Home-Based tDCS in Treatment-Resistant Depression: Feasibility, Effectiveness and EEG Biomarkers of Response

   Research Square·2026·n=40

   Background Remotely supervised home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (HB-tDCS) may expand access to neuromodulation for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), but real-world evidence on candidate biomarkers remains limited.…

9. 09

   High-gamma tACS may regulate brain network connectivity to alleviate symptoms in female adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: a preliminary TMS-EEG pilot study.

   BMC psychiatry·2026·n=6

   <h4>Objectives</h4>To explore the efficacy and potential neurophysiological mechanisms of 77.5 Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) in the treatment of female adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI).<h4>Methods</h4>Six…

10. 10

    Efficacy and safety of neuromodulation and multimodal therapies for traumatic brain injury-induced disorders of consciousness: an updated umbrella review.

    Frontiers in neurology·2026

    <h4>Background</h4>Post-traumatic disorders of consciousness (DoC) remain a major barrier to recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet therapeutic guidance is fragmented across modalities.<h4>Objective</h4>To synthesize the…