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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Mice

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Mice

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September 23, 2018

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10.3791/58517-v

DOI:
10.3791/58517-v

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11:54 min
September 23, 2018

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1Centro de Tecnologia em Medicina Molecular (CTMM), Faculdade de Medicina,Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a therapeutic technique proposed to treat psychiatric diseases. An animal model is essential for understanding the specific biological alterations evoked by tDCS. This protocol describes a tDCS mouse model that uses a chronically implanted electrode.

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de Souza Nicolau, E., de Alvarenga, K. A. F., Tenza-Ferrer, H., Nogueira, M. C. A., Rezende, F. D., Nicolau, N. F., Collodetti, M., de Miranda, D. M., Magno, L. A. V., Romano-Silva, M. A. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Mice. J. Vis. Exp. (139), e58517, doi:10.3791/58517 (2018).

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