Frontal Cortex Stimulation Modulates Attentional Circuits and Increases Anxiety Potentiated Startle in Anxious Depression (IMAGE)

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Frontal Cortex Stimulation Modulates Attentional Circuits and Increases Anxiety Potentiated Startle in Anxious Depression

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Research in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reveals the dual impact of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on attention and threat sensitivity in anxious depression, suggesting this type of noninvasive brain stimulation can potentially support other treatments for depression. This image shows research assistant and first author of this study Tate Poplin, PhD candidate, and lead investigator Maria Ironside, DPhil, in the MRI suite with the transcranial direct current stimulation device.

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Maria Ironside, DPhil

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