Use of tDCS, rTMS, and TUS in non-human primates: Contributions to understanding the neurobiological mechanisms involved
The use of nonhuman primates in noninvasive brain stimulation research has advanced the field due to two main features of the approach: direct monitoring of the animals’ brain activity at multiple levels while analyzing the animals’ performance on complex tasks to assess the impact of the stimulation. This chapter provides a summary of recent studies that have used NHPs as a model to study transcranial direct current stimulation repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), and transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation The studies presented here explore the influence stimulation parameters and state dependence on direct measures of neural activity and behavior. The chapter ends with our perspective on the limitations of studies thus far and the potential for translation of Nonhuman primate experimental results to human applications.
