Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation

ABSTRACT Giovanni Aldini was an Italian physicist interested in propagating Galvanism. With his uncle, Luigi Galvani, he learned techniques of electrical stimulation in humans and helped him to develop them. He later developed his own ideas and created transcranial electric stimulation. This paper p...

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Main Authors: Fernando Zanela da Silva ARÊAS, Guilherme Peixoto Tinoco ARÊAS, Roberto MOLL NETO
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2020-11-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v78n11/1678-4227-anp-0004-282x20200080.pdf
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description ABSTRACT Giovanni Aldini was an Italian physicist interested in propagating Galvanism. With his uncle, Luigi Galvani, he learned techniques of electrical stimulation in humans and helped him to develop them. He later developed his own ideas and created transcranial electric stimulation. This paper presents some of Aldini's personal and professional traits, showing his trajectory and how his performance was important for the development of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques as a whole. Through research on animals and, later, on cadavers, his fundamental discoveries at the beginning of the treatment proposals are used so far.
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spelling doaj-art-77c4dcc81a7f4347939d42fa57adf0b52025-08-20T03:35:37ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272020-11-01781173373510.1590/0004-282x20200080Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulationFernando Zanela da Silva ARÊAShttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2068-2606Guilherme Peixoto Tinoco ARÊAShttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7083-8314Roberto MOLL NETOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8763-939XABSTRACT Giovanni Aldini was an Italian physicist interested in propagating Galvanism. With his uncle, Luigi Galvani, he learned techniques of electrical stimulation in humans and helped him to develop them. He later developed his own ideas and created transcranial electric stimulation. This paper presents some of Aldini's personal and professional traits, showing his trajectory and how his performance was important for the development of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques as a whole. Through research on animals and, later, on cadavers, his fundamental discoveries at the beginning of the treatment proposals are used so far.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v78n11/1678-4227-anp-0004-282x20200080.pdfHistory of Medicine MedicineElectrical StimulationTranscranial Direct Current Stimulation
spellingShingle Fernando Zanela da Silva ARÊAS
Guilherme Peixoto Tinoco ARÊAS
Roberto MOLL NETO
Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
History of Medicine Medicine
Electrical Stimulation
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
title Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation
title_full Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation
title_fullStr Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation
title_full_unstemmed Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation
title_short Giovanni Aldini and his contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation
title_sort giovanni aldini and his contributions to non invasive brain stimulation
topic History of Medicine Medicine
Electrical Stimulation
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
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