A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

"Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive neuromodulatory technique that uses weak electrical current to increase (with anodal) or decrease (with cathodal) the probability of brain activity in the stimulated region. This typically has acute effects relating to cortical activity levels which last up to one hour.~This intervention delivers 20 minutes of 2mA bipolar balanced tDCS, with anodal tDCS delivered to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and simultaneously cathodal tDCS delivered to the right DLPFC. In the sham condition 40 seconds of stimulation is delivered."