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Modulation Of The Sodium/Potassium Atpase Function And Expression By Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Of The Right Sensorimotor Cortex In Mice, Salim Bendaoud
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Direct current stimulation is used as a noninvasive therapeutic technique to enhance motor recovery following stroke, and to improve cognitive functions. This technique also showed promising results in the treatment of depression, schizophrenia, and multiple sclerosis. Transcranial direct current stimulation has been proven to cause a polarization (depolarization or hyperpolarization) of the target tissues depending on the polarity of the current and cell orientation. Because of the induced polarization, the spontaneous activity of the neurons is further affected. With exception to this electrophysiological effect, the overall biological mechanisms of transcranial direct current stimulation on the underlying tissues remain largely unknown. …