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High-definition tDCS to the right temporoparietal junction modulates slow-wave resting state power and coherence in healthy adults

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posted on 2024-06-03, 23:25 authored by Peter Donaldson, M Kirkovski, JS Yang, S Bekkali, Peter EnticottPeter Enticott
The right temporoparietal junction (rTPJ) is a multisensory integration hub that is increasingly utilized as a target of stimulation studies exploring its rich functional network roles and potential clinical applications. While transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is frequently employed in such studies, there is still relatively little known regarding its local and network neurophysiological effects, particularly at important nonmotor sites such as the rTPJ. The current study applied either anodal, cathodal, or sham high-definition tDCS to the rTPJ of 53 healthy participants and used offline EEG to assess the impacts of stimulation on resting state (eyes open and eyes closed) band power and coherence. Temporoparietal and central region delta power was increased after anodal stimulation (the latter trend only), whereas cathodal stimulation increased frontal region delta and theta power. Increased coherence between right and left temporoparietal regions was also observed after anodal stimulation. All significant effects occurred in the eyes open condition. These findings are discussed with reference to domain general and mechanistic theories of rTPJ function. Low-frequency oscillatory activity may exert long-range inhibitory network influences that enable switching between and integration of endogenous/exogenous processing streams.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Through the novel use of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and EEG, we provide evidence that both anodal and cathodal stimulation of the right temporoparietal junction selectively modulate slow-wave power and coherence in distributed network regions of known relevance to proposed temporoparietal junction functionality. These results also provide direct evidence of the ability of tDCS to modulate oscillatory activity at a long-range network level, which may have explanatory power in terms of both neurophysiological and behavioral effects.

History

Journal

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volume

122

Pagination

1735-1744

Location

United States

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

0022-3077

eISSN

1522-1598

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2019, Journal of Neurophysiology

Issue

4

Publisher

AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC