Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Alcohol Dependence, Executive Dysfunction
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Over Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Alcoholism
Alcohol dependency is the most frequent addiction leading to a massive burden of both, patients health, and economy. Present therapeutic concepts suffer from limited efficacy, and thus new innovative therapies are needed.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Dependence, Executive Dysfunction, Abnormal Craving for Drugs
- Trial name
- NCT01330394
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Espirito Santo
Depression
Treating Depression With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
The purpose of this study is to see if transcranial direct current stimulation may improve the symptoms of depression.
- Trial name
- NCT00481988
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation, iomed phoresor transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute