Computational modelling of the induced fields during cerebellar and spinal direct current stimulation in children

In the last few years, cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (ctDCS) and transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS), have been successfully applied to modulate and restore some cerebellar and spinal functions. Of particular interest is the possible use of these techniques in paediatric age, since many pathologies and injuries, which affect the cerebellar cortex as well as spinal cord circuits, are diffuse in adults as well as in children. To this purpose, there is still a lack of information about the safety issues as well as the appropriate dose to be used during the treatment. In order to fill these gap in knowledge, this work wants to estimate, through computational techniques, the electric field distributions induced in the target tissues during the application of cTDCS and tsDCS administered to differently aged and gender children models.