Anodal high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation reduces heart rate and modulates heart-rate variability in healthy young people : A randomized cross-controlled trial

Copyright © 2022 Gu, Chen, Lu, Dai, Hu, Xu, Geng, Zhu, Xu, Dai and Shen..

Objective: To investigate whether anodal high-definition transcranial current stimulation (HD-tDCS) over the left dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex (DLPFC) could modulate the heart rate (HR) and heart-rate variability (HRV) in healthy young people.

Methods: Forty healthy young people were enrolled in this randomized crossover trial. The participants were randomized to receive anodal HD-tDCS (n = 20) or sham HD-tDCS (n = 20) over the left DLPFC with a washout period of 1 week. Electrocardiogram (ECG) data were continuously recorded 20 min before the stimulation, during the session (20 min), and 20 min after the session. HR and the time- and frequency-domain indices of the HRV were measured to investigate the activity of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

Results: Anodal HD-tDCS over the left DLPFC induced a significant decrease in HR and a significant increase in the average of normal-to-normal intervals (AVG NN), low-frequency (LF) power, total power (TP), and LF/high-frequency (HF) ratio in comparison with the sham stimulation and the baseline. However, sham HD-tDCS over the left DLPFC had no significant effect on HR or HRV.

Conclusions: Anodal HD-tDCS over the left DLPFC could reduce HR and modulate the HRV in healthy young people. HD-tDCS may show some potential for acutely modulating cardiovascular function.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine - 9(2022) vom: 14., Seite 1070157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gu, Zhongke [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wenxiang [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Jiansong [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Shugang [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Boqing [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Wenjun [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Ying [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiac rhythm
Dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex
Heart rate
Heart-rate variability
High-definition transcranial current stimulation
Journal Article

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Date Revised 22.12.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fcvm.2022.1070157

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350435383