eprintid: 10039638 rev_number: 32 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/03/96/38 datestamp: 2017-12-08 11:57:14 lastmod: 2021-09-19 22:18:35 status_changed: 2017-12-19 13:13:43 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Bestmann, S creators_name: Walsh, V title: Transcranial electrical stimulation ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F69 divisions: D07 divisions: F84 note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) is a neuromodulatory technique in which low voltage constant or alternating currents are applied to the human brain via scalp electrodes. The basic idea of tES is that the application of weak currents can interact with neural processing, modify plasticity and entrain brain networks, and that this in turn can modify behaviour. The technique is now widely employed in basic and translational research, and increasingly is also used privately in sport, the military and recreation. The proposed capacity to augment recovery of brain function, by promoting learning and facilitating plasticity, has motivated a burgeoning number of clinical trials in a wide range of disorders of the nervous system. date: 2017-12-04 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier official_url: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.001 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1514937 doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.001 lyricists_name: Bestmann, Sven lyricists_name: Walsh, Vincent lyricists_id: SBEST86 lyricists_id: VWALS55 actors_name: Bestmann, Sven actors_id: SBEST86 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Current Biology volume: 27 number: 23 pagerange: R1258-R1262 issn: 0960-9822 citation: Bestmann, S; Walsh, V; (2017) Transcranial electrical stimulation. Current Biology , 27 (23) R1258-R1262. 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.001 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.001>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10039638/1/Bestmann_WalshPrimer_final_sb.pdf