tdcs in A Sentence

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    A response to the policy and regulatory aspects of Tdcs is urgently needed.".

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    Over the past several decades, neurostimulation techniques such as transcranial direct current stimulation(Tdcs) have gradually gained favour in the public eye.

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    The report shows the amount of publicly-available information on Tdcs has increased dramatically in recent years, both in academic literature and print media articles.

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    Recently, states the report, Tdcs has caused excitement in the lay public and academia as a''portable, painless, inexpensive and safe'' therapeutic and enhancement device.

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    Using the technique of transcranial direct current stimulation(Tdcs), an electrode is placed on the forehead, and a weak DC current(1.5 mA) is delivered for 22 minutes.

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    While academic articles focused on therapeutic and investigative uses of Tdcs, discussions in print media articles mainly concentrated on potential enhancement uses, as well as therapeutic applications.

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    The safety and efficacy of Tdcs have only been demonstrated in controlled laboratory settings and, without supervision, the use of Tdcs for enhancement might cause serious adverse effects such as temporary respiratory paralysis.".

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    In this new study, the researchers were able to show that Tdcs effectively increased neural activity in the vmPFC by using functional brain imaging, and when this circuitry was activated by the applied voltage, anger was suppressed.

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    In a new report, published yesterday in the prestigious scientific journal Neuron, IRCM ethics experts raise important questions about the rising tide of Tdcs coverage in the media, while regulatory action is lacking and ethical issues need to be addressed.

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    The authors state that their findings suggest that Tdcs may provide“a non-invasive adjuvant to improve anger coping capabilities in individuals with pathological manifestations of anger, and perhaps also for therapeutic inoculation for populations at risk of developing such pathology.”.

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    In other words, acting as a pacemaker for the brain, Tdcs may hold the promise of an intervention to prevent the type of ticking time bomb and the senseless tragedy that everyone involved with Bellamy saw coming and tried, but failed, to prevent.

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    This new study used Tdcs to modulate a neural circuit that has been implicated in impulse control while test subjects were in an fMRI machine so that changes in neural activity in these brain circuits could be monitored while they were provoked to anger.

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    Given the nature of Tdcs and the lack of oversight governing its use, the report explains that academic and print media discourse could shape the public's risk-benefit perceptions, impact the uptake of this technology, and, consequently, lead to negative implications for ethical and regulatory oversight.

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