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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Pain and Sleep

Posted from The Fibromyalgia Research Blog 135 days ago
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Medical researchers from the Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil) conducted a randomized, sham-controlled study on the "site-specific effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on sleep and pain in fibromyalgia." The results are published in Pain Practice (2007 Nov 6).Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) involves applying weak electrical currents to the body so that the electromagnetic field they create will modulate the activity of brain neurons. It has been found to alter neuron firing rates. It is being studied as a treatmen... (original story)