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Hamed Ekhtiari1, Peyman Ghobadi-Azbari2,3, Axel Thielscher4,5, Andrea Antal6, Lucia M Li7,8, A Duke Shereen9, Yuranny Cabral-Calderin10, Daniel Keeser11,12,13, Til Ole Bergmann14,15,16, Asif Jamil17, Ines R Violante18, Jorge Almeida19,20, Marcus Meinzer21,22, Hartwig R Siebner4,23,24, Adam J Woods25, Charlotte J Stagg26,27, Rany Abend28, Daria Antonenko22, Tibor Auer18, Marc Bächinger29,30, Chris Baeken31,32,33, Helen C Barron26,27, Henry W Chase34, Jenny Crinion35, Abhishek Datta36,37, Matthew H Davis38, Mohsen Ebrahimi3, Zeinab Esmaeilpour39, Brian Falcone40, Valentina Fiori41, Iman Ghodratitoostani42, Gadi Gilam43,44, Roland H Grabner45, Joel D Greenspan46, Georg Groen47, Gesa Hartwigsen48, Tobias U Hauser49,50, Christoph S Herrmann51,52,53, Chi-Hung Juan54,55, Bart Krekelberg56, Stephanie Lefebvre57, Sook-Lei Liew58,59,60,61, Kristoffer H Madsen4,62, Rasoul Mahdavifar-Khayati2, Nastaran Malmir3, Paola Marangolo63,64, Andrew K Martin21,65, Timothy J Meeker66, Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili67,68, Marius Moisa69, Davide Momi70, Beni Mulyana71, Alexander Opitz72, Natasza Orlov73,74,75,76, Patrick Ragert77,78, Christian C Ruff69, Giulio Ruffini79,80, Michaela Ruttorf81, Arshiya Sangchooli3, Klaus Schellhorn82, Gottfried Schlaug83, Bernhard Sehm78,84, Ghazaleh Soleimani85, Hosna Tavakoli3,86, Benjamin Thompson87,88,89, Dagmar Timmann90, Aki Tsuchiyagaito71, Martin Ulrich47, Johannes Vosskuhl51, Christiane A Weinrich6,91, Mehran Zare-Bidoky3,92, Xiaochu Zhang93, Benedikt Zoefel38,94,95, Michael A Nitsche17,96, Marom Bikson39.
Abstract
Low-intensity transcranial electrical stimulation (tES), including alternating or direct current stimulation, applies weak electrical stimulation to modulate the activity of brain circuits. Integration of tES with concurrent functional MRI (fMRI) allows for the mapping of neural activity during neuromodulation, supporting causal studies of both brain function and tES effects. Methodological aspects of tES-fMRI studies underpin the results, and reporting them in appropriate detail is required for reproducibility and interpretability. Despite the growing number of published reports, there are no consensus-based checklists for disclosing methodological details of concurrent tES-fMRI studies. The objective of this work was to develop a consensus-based checklist of reporting standards for concurrent tES-fMRI studies to support methodological rigor, transparency and reproducibility (ContES checklist). A two-phase Delphi consensus process was conducted by a steering committee (SC) of 13 members and 49 expert panelists through the International Network of the tES-fMRI Consortium. The process began with a circulation of a preliminary checklist of essential items and additional recommendations, developed by the SC on the basis of a systematic review of 57 concurrent tES-fMRI studies. Contributors were then invited to suggest revisions or additions to the initial checklist. After the revision phase, contributors rated the importance of the 17 essential items and 42 additional recommendations in the final checklist. The state of methodological transparency within the 57 reviewed concurrent tES-fMRI studies was then assessed by using the checklist. Experts refined the checklist through the revision and rating phases, leading to a checklist with three categories of essential items and additional recommendations: (i) technological factors, (ii) safety and noise tests and (iii) methodological factors. The level of reporting of checklist items varied among the 57 concurrent tES-fMRI papers, ranging from 24% to 76%. On average, 53% of checklist items were reported in a given article. In conclusion, use of the ContES checklist is expected to enhance the methodological reporting quality of future concurrent tES-fMRI studies and increase methodological transparency and reproducibility.Entities:
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Year: 2022 PMID： 35121855 PMCID： PMC7612687 DOI： 10.1038/s41596-021-00664-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Protoc ISSN： 1750-2799 Impact factor: 17.021