Table 8.
Patients | Stimulation electrode position (polarity) | Return electrode position (polarity) | Current settings | Session duration (minutes) | Number of sessions | AEs | Reference |
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1 patient with unipolar depression | F3 (A) | Contralateral supraorbital (C) | 1 mA, 0.029 mA/cm2 | 20 | 10 | Hypomania | (Arul-Anandam et al., 2010) |
1 patient with unipolar depression | F3 (A) | F4 (C) | 2 mA, 0.06 mA/cm2 | 30 | 5 | Hypomania | (Baccaro et al., 2010) |
1 patient with unipolar depression | F3 (A) | F4 (C) | 2 mA, 0.06 mA/cm2 | 30 | 5 | Mania | (Brunoni et al., 2011b) |
1 patient with bipolar depression | F3 (A) | Contralateral arm (C) | 2 mA | 20 | 14 | Hypomania | (Galvez et al., 2011) |
6 patients with unipolar depression | F3 (A) | F4 (C) | 2 mA, 0.08 mA/cm2 | 30 | 12 | 4 hypomania and 2 mania | (Brunoni et al., 2013a) |
1 patient with bipolar depression | F4 (C) | 2 mA, 0.08 mA/cm2 | 30 | 12 | Hypomania | (Pereira Junior Bde et al., 2015) |
tDCS: transcranial direct current stimulation, A: anode, C: cathode, AE: adverse events.