Publication Cover
Nutritional Neuroscience
An International Journal on Nutrition, Diet and Nervous System
Volume 23, 2020 - Issue 6
207
Views
8
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Letter to the Editor

Cravings, currents and cadavers: What is the magnitude of tDCS effects on food craving outcomes?

& ORCID Icon

References

  • Mostafavi SA, Khaleghi A, Mohammadi MR, Akhondzadeh S. Is transcranial direct current stimulation an effective modality in reducing food craving? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutr Neurosci 2018. doi:10.1080/1028415X.2018.1470371
  • Lowe CJ, Vincent C, Hall PA. Effects of noninvasive brain stimulation on food cravings and consumption: a meta-analytic review. Psychosom Med 2017;79(1):2–13. doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000368 doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000368
  • Horvath JC, Forte JD, Carter O. Quantitative review finds no evidence of cognitive effects in healthy populations from single-session transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Brain Stimulation 2015;8(3):535–50. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.400 doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.400
  • Hall PA, Lowe C, Vincent C. Brain stimulation effects on food cravings and consumption: an update on Lowe et al. (2017) and a response to Generoso et al. (2017). Psychosom Med 2017;79(7). doi:10.1097/PSY.0000000000000504 doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000504
  • Borenstein M, Hedges LV, Higgins JPT, Rothstein, HR. Introduction to meta-Analysis. Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons; 2011.
  • Lipsey MW, Wilson DB. Practical meta-analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 2001.
  • Vöröslakos M, Takeuchi Y, Brinyiczki K, Zombori T, Oliva A, Fernández-Ruiz A, et al. Direct effects of transcranial electric stimulation on brain circuits in rats and humans. Nat Commun 2018;9(1), 483. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02928-3 doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-02928-3
  • Nikolin S, Loo CK, Bai S, Socrates D, Donel MM. Focalised stimulation using high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) to investigate declarative verbal learning and memory functioning. Neuroimage 2015;117(15):11–19. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.05.019 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.05.019
  • Grundeis F, Brand C, Kumar S, Rullmann M, Mehnert J, Pleger B. Non-invasive prefrontal/frontal brain stimulation is not effective in modulating food reappraisal abilities or calorie consumption in obese females. Front Neurosci 2017;11:334. doi:10.3389/fnins.2017.00334 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00334
  • Heinitz S, Reinhardt M, Piaggi P, Weise CM, Diaz E, Stinson EJ, et al. Neuromodulation directed at the prefrontal cortex of subjects with obesity reduces snack food intake and hunger in a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2017;106(6):1347–57. doi:10.3945/ajcn.117.158089 doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.158089
  • Ray MK, Sylvester MD, Osborn L, Helms J, Turan B, Burgess EE, et al. The critical role of cognitive-based trait differences in transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) suppression of food craving and eating in frank obesity. Appetite 2017;116:568–74. doi:10.1016/J.APPET.2017.05.046 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.046
  • Jauch-Chara K, Kistenmacher A, Herzog N, Schwarz M, Schweiger U, Oltmanns KM. Repetitive electric brain stimulation reduces food intake in humans. Am J Clin Nutr 2014;100(4):1003–09. doi:10.3945/ajcn.113.075481 doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.075481
  • Leong SL, De Ridder D, Vanneste S, Sutherland W, Ross S, Manning, P. High definition transcranial pink noise stimulation of anterior cingulate cortex on food craving: an explorative study. Appetite 2018;120:673–78. doi:10.1016/J.APPET.2017.10.034 doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.10.034
  • Ljubisavljevic M, Maxood K, Bjekic J, Oommen J, Nagelkerke N. Long-term effects of repeated prefrontal cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on food craving in normal and overweight young adults. Brain Stimul 2016;9(6):826–33. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2016.07.002 doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.07.002
  • Gluck ME, Alonso-Alonso M, Piaggi P, Weise CM, Jumpertz-Von Schwartzenberg R, Reinhardt M, et al. Neuromodulation targeted to the prefrontal cortex induces changes in energy intake and weight loss in obesity. Obesity 2015;23(11):2149–56. doi:10.1002/oby.21313 doi: 10.1002/oby.21313

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.