Abstract
Transcranial alternating current stimulation for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Highlights
This study raises several interesting questions that are important to be considered for this nascent field of non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of psychiatric disorders
Beta-gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) presumably increased beta-gamma activity resulting in an impairment to reward-learning that decreased OCD symptoms
A stimulation paradigm will attempt to enhance a deficient rhythm that is associated with improved behavioral performance [18]; in this experiment, beta-gamma activity is maladaptive and a task is used in which a psychiatric illness ironically optimizes performance
Summary
This study raises several interesting questions that are important to be considered for this nascent field of non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Beta-gamma tACS presumably increased beta-gamma activity resulting in an impairment to reward-learning that decreased OCD symptoms. A stimulation paradigm will attempt to enhance a deficient rhythm that is associated with improved behavioral performance [18]; in this experiment, beta-gamma activity is maladaptive and a task is used in which a psychiatric illness ironically optimizes performance.
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