{"title":"Entrainment by transcranial alternating current stimulation: Insights from models of cortical oscillations and dynamical systems theory","authors":"Mojtaba Madadi Asl , Alireza Valizadeh","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Signature of neuronal oscillations can be found in nearly every brain function. However, abnormal oscillatory activity is linked with several brain disorders. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that can potentially modulate neuronal oscillations and influence behavior both in health and disease. Yet, a complete understanding of how interacting networks of neurons are affected by tACS remains elusive. Entrainment effects by which tACS synchronizes neuronal oscillations is one of the main hypothesized mechanisms, as evidenced in animals and humans. Computational models of cortical oscillations may shed light on the entrainment effects of tACS, but current modeling studies lack specific guidelines to inform experimental investigations. This study addresses the existing gap in understanding the mechanisms of tACS effects on rhythmogenesis within the brain by providing a comprehensive overview of both theoretical and experimental perspectives. We explore the intricate interactions between oscillators and periodic stimulation through the lens of dynamical systems theory. Subsequently, we present a synthesis of experimental findings that demonstrate the effects of tACS on both individual neurons and collective oscillatory patterns in animal models and humans. Our review extends to computational investigations that elucidate the interplay between tACS and neuronal dynamics across diverse cortical network models. To illustrate these concepts, we conclude with a simple oscillatory neuron model, showcasing how fundamental theories of oscillatory behavior derived from dynamical systems, such as phase response of neurons to external perturbation, can account for the entrainment effects observed with tACS. Studies reviewed here render the necessity of integrated experimental and computational approaches for effective neuromodulation by tACS in health and disease.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 147-176"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143642302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring intentions in natural behaviours from body kinematic Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Cristina Becchio, Kiri Pullar, Eugenio Scaliti, Stefano Panzeri","authors":"R. Storchi","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 223-224"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extending kinematic decoding approaches to kinetics","authors":"Marco Santello","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 177-178"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143642988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brain paradox – Timescales matter! Comment on “The paradox of the self-studying brain” by S.Battaglia, P. Servajean & K. Friston","authors":"Georg Northoff","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 184-186"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143679139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay , Vikas Pandey , Rana D. Parshad
{"title":"From multi-scale to non-local models","authors":"Ranjit Kumar Upadhyay , Vikas Pandey , Rana D. Parshad","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.02.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.02.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 125-127"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143550830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distinguishing nature and nurture in understanding the sadness of the minor mode: Comment on “The major-minor mode dichotomy in music perception” by Giulio Carraturo, Victor Pando-Naude, Marco Costa, Peter Vuust, Leonardo Bonetti, and Elvira Brattico","authors":"D. Huron","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 144-146"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143601605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weighting and integrating heterogeneous behavioral cues comment on ‘kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour’","authors":"John Michael, Marcell Székely","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 134-135"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the potential of kinematic coding in sports science: Implications for athletic action anticipation: Comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behaviour” by Cristina Becchio, Kiri Pullar, Eugenio Scaliti, Stefano Panzeri","authors":"Mengkai Luan , Yingzhi Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 136-138"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond valence: A predictive coding framework for major–minor mode perception and its therapeutic implications: Comment on “The major–minor mode dichotomy in music perception” by Carraturo et al.","authors":"Siqi You , Xintong Jiang , Yi Du","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 131-133"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143550832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bringing kinematic coding to infancy research- opportunities and challenges comment on “Kinematic coding: Measuring information in naturalistic behavior” by C. Becchio, K. Pullar, E. Scaliti, & S. Panzeri","authors":"Elin Schröder, Gustaf Gredebäck","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.02.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2025.02.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":"53 ","pages":"Pages 120-121"},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143550828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}