There were no relevant negative side effects with this type of non-invasive brain stimulation.
The tDCS is different from electroconvulsive therapy, which uses currents around a thousand times higher.
"The results of our study are relevant to clinical research on motor recovery after stroke. They point to the possibility that stimulating both sides of the brain simultaneously, using the effects of the direct current to block unwanted effects of one motor region while using the opposite effects of the direct current treatment on the other motor region to enhance and facilitate the function of that motor region might catalyze motor recovery," said Schlaug.
The study was published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience.
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