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Contrast detection is enhanced by deterministic, high-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation with triangle and sine waveform

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العنوان: Contrast detection is enhanced by deterministic, high-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation with triangle and sine waveform
المؤلفون: Potok, Weronika, van der Groen, Onno, Sivachelvam, Sahana, Bächinger, Marc, Fröhlich, Flavio, Kish, Laszlo B., Wenderoth, Nicole
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: ArXiv.org (Cornell University Library)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing, Quantitative Biology - Neurons and Cognition
الوصف: Stochastic Resonance (SR) describes a phenomenon where an additive noise (stochastic carrier-wave) enhances the signal transmission in a nonlinear system. In the nervous system, nonlinear properties are present from the level of single ion channels all the way to perception and appear to support the emergence of SR. For example, SR has been repeatedly demonstrated for visual detection tasks, also by adding noise directly to cortical areas via transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS). When dealing with nonlinear physical systems, it has been suggested that resonance can be induced not only by adding stochastic signals (i.e., noise) but also by adding a large class of signals that are not stochastic in nature which cause "deterministic amplitude resonance" (DAR). Here we mathematically show that high-frequency, deterministic, periodic signals can yield resonance-like effects with linear transfer and infinite signal-to-noise ratio at the output. We tested this prediction empirically and investigated whether non-random, high-frequency, transcranial alternating current stimulation applied to visual cortex could induce resonance-like effects and enhance performance of a visual detection task. We demonstrated in 28 participants that applying 80 Hz triangular-waves or sine-waves with tACS reduced visual contrast detection threshold for optimal brain stimulation intensities. The influence of tACS on contrast sensitivity was equally effective to tRNS-induced modulation, demonstrating that both tACS and tRNS can reduce contrast detection thresholds. Our findings suggest that a resonance-like mechanism can also emerge when deterministic electrical waveforms are applied via tACS. ; Comment: accepted for publication in J. Neurophysiology
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العلاقة: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.03763Test; Journal of Neurophysiology 130, 458-473, 2023
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00465.2022
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00465.2022Test
http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.03763Test
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.FACA7EF6
قاعدة البيانات: BASE