{"title":"The Effects of tDCS on Depression and Anxiety Disorders Induced by Sub-Chronic Stress","authors":"G. Akcay, N. Derin","doi":"10.5505/turkhijyen.2022.06641","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Stress causes neuropsychiatric diseases such as depression and anxiety in the person by affecting emotions, opinions and behaviors. In this study, the aim was to investigate the therapeutic effects of tDCS on depression and anxiety disorders that occur after sub-chronic stress. Methods: 40 male Wistar rats weighing 290-310 g were divided into four groups as control, tDCS, stress and stress+tDCS. Restraint stress was applied for 7 days (2 h/day) as a stress model. Rats in the tDCS and stress+tDCS groups were performed the stimulation of 1 mA anodal tDCS for three consecutive days from the 5th day of stress exposure. On the 7th day of the experiment, the anxiety and depression behaviors of the rats were evaluated ANKSIYETE BOZUKLUKLARI indicator of anxiety (p<0.001). In the stress + tDCS group compared to the control group, there was a significant decrease in the data indicator of anxiety following tDCS application (p <0.05), but no significant difference was found in the results of locomotor activity. Conclusion: In conclusion, our data showed that tDCS stimulation may have an effect on sub-chronic stress-induced anxiety and","PeriodicalId":35553,"journal":{"name":"Turk hijiyen ve deneysel biyoloji dergisi. Turkish bulletin of hygiene and experimental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Turk hijiyen ve deneysel biyoloji dergisi. Turkish bulletin of hygiene and experimental biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5505/turkhijyen.2022.06641","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Abstract
Objective: Stress causes neuropsychiatric diseases such as depression and anxiety in the person by affecting emotions, opinions and behaviors. In this study, the aim was to investigate the therapeutic effects of tDCS on depression and anxiety disorders that occur after sub-chronic stress. Methods: 40 male Wistar rats weighing 290-310 g were divided into four groups as control, tDCS, stress and stress+tDCS. Restraint stress was applied for 7 days (2 h/day) as a stress model. Rats in the tDCS and stress+tDCS groups were performed the stimulation of 1 mA anodal tDCS for three consecutive days from the 5th day of stress exposure. On the 7th day of the experiment, the anxiety and depression behaviors of the rats were evaluated ANKSIYETE BOZUKLUKLARI indicator of anxiety (p<0.001). In the stress + tDCS group compared to the control group, there was a significant decrease in the data indicator of anxiety following tDCS application (p <0.05), but no significant difference was found in the results of locomotor activity. Conclusion: In conclusion, our data showed that tDCS stimulation may have an effect on sub-chronic stress-induced anxiety and