BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cerebral vasomotor reactivity (VMR) is a capability of cerebral vessels to dilate in response to hypercapnia. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects on cerebral hemodynamics have been poorly studied. METHODS: Ten healthy subjects underwent anodal/cathodal tDCS on the left motor cortex. Before and after tDCS, VMR assessment by transcranial Doppler and an electrocardiogram were performed. Normalized low-frequency band power of heart rate variability and its reactivity from basal to VMR condition (LFN(react)) were estimated as relative markers of sympathetic activation. tDCS exerted a polarity-specific effect on both VMR (P=0.0001) and LFN(react) (P=0.001). Anodal tDCS decreased VMR by 3.4%/mm Hg CO(2) bilaterally and increased LFN(react), whereas cathodal tDCS increased VMR by 0.8%/mm Hg CO(2) bilaterally and reduced LFN(react). CONCLUSIONS: Cerebral VMR is modified by tDCS. Based on the consensual changes with heart rate variability, we can hypothesize that the sympathetic nervous system could modulate the bihemispheric modification of VMR. Further studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cerebral vasomotor reactivity (VMR) is a capability of cerebral vessels to dilate in response to hypercapnia. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) effects on cerebral hemodynamics have been poorly studied. METHODS: Ten healthy subjects underwent anodal/cathodal tDCS on the left motor cortex. Before and after tDCS, VMR assessment by transcranial Doppler and an electrocardiogram were performed. Normalized low-frequency band power of heart rate variability and its reactivity from basal to VMR condition (LFN(react)) were estimated as relative markers of sympathetic activation. tDCS exerted a polarity-specific effect on both VMR (P=0.0001) and LFN(react) (P=0.001). Anodal tDCS decreased VMR by 3.4%/mm Hg CO(2) bilaterally and increased LFN(react), whereas cathodal tDCS increased VMR by 0.8%/mm Hg CO(2) bilaterally and reduced LFN(react). CONCLUSIONS: Cerebral VMR is modified by tDCS. Based on the consensual changes with heart rate variability, we can hypothesize that the sympathetic nervous system could modulate the bihemispheric modification of VMR. Further studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
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