The place of transcranial direct current stimulation in the management of multiple sclerosis-related symptoms

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, characterized by chronic inflammation, demyelination, synaptopathy and neurodegeneration. Patients may exhibit sensory, motor, cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms throughout their disease process. Nowadays, the challenge is to find optimal treatment for MS symptoms, especially that available pharmacological interventions are faced by modest therapeutic outcomes and numerous side effects. Thus, finding alternative strategies might be of help in this context. The aim of this report is to visit the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation – a noninvasive brain stimulation technique – in the context of MS symptoms, namely fatigue, cognitive deficits, psychiatric complaints, neuropathic pain and some sensorimotor manifestations.