Transcranial direct current stimulation in refractory continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep: a controlled study

Edina T Varga; Daniella Terney; Mary D Atkins; Marina Nikanorova; Ditte S Jeppesen; Peter Uldall; Helle Hjalgrim; Sándor Beniczky

doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.016

Transcranial direct current stimulation in refractory continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep: a controlled study

Edina T Varga, Daniella Terney, Mary D Atkins, Marina Nikanorova, Ditte S Jeppesen, Peter Uldall, Helle Hjalgrim, Sándor Beniczky

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

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Abstract

Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) decreases cortical excitability. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether cathodal tDCS could interrupt the continuous epileptiform activity. Five patients with focal, refractory continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep were recruited. Cathodal tDCS and sham stimulation were applied to the epileptic focus, before sleep (1 mA; 20 min). Cathodal tDCS did not reduce the spike-index in any of the patients.

Original language	English
Journal	Epilepsy Research
Volume	97
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	142-5
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0920-1211
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.016
Publication status	Published - 2011

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