Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) as a Treatment for Insomnia.
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) as a Treatment for Insomnia.
- 2023
We investigated the effects of transcranial alternating stimulation (tACS) in patients with insomnia. Nine patients with chronic insomnia underwent two in-laboratory polysomnography, 2 weeks apart, and were randomized to receive tACS either during the first or second study. The stimulation was applied simultaneously and bilaterally at F3/M1 and F4/M2 electrodes (0.75 mA, 0.75 Hz, 5-minute). Sleep onset latency and wake after sleep onset dropped on the stimulation night but they did not reach statistical significance; however, there were significant improvements in spontaneous and total arousals, sleep quality, quality of life, recall memory, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, and daytime sleepiness.
English
0317-1671
10.1017/cjn.2022.33 [doi] S0317167122000336 [pii]
*Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
*Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Humans
Polysomnography
Quality of Life
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/th [Therapy]--Automated
MedStar Health Research Institute
MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
We investigated the effects of transcranial alternating stimulation (tACS) in patients with insomnia. Nine patients with chronic insomnia underwent two in-laboratory polysomnography, 2 weeks apart, and were randomized to receive tACS either during the first or second study. The stimulation was applied simultaneously and bilaterally at F3/M1 and F4/M2 electrodes (0.75 mA, 0.75 Hz, 5-minute). Sleep onset latency and wake after sleep onset dropped on the stimulation night but they did not reach statistical significance; however, there were significant improvements in spontaneous and total arousals, sleep quality, quality of life, recall memory, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, and daytime sleepiness.
English
0317-1671
10.1017/cjn.2022.33 [doi] S0317167122000336 [pii]
*Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
*Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Humans
Polysomnography
Quality of Life
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/th [Therapy]--Automated
MedStar Health Research Institute
MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial