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One such possible treatment is transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a popular and effective non-invasive brain stimulation technique. Methods: This mechanistic review explores the efficacy of tDCS in treating depression and anxiety in MS while focusing on the underlying mechanisms of action. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial, as neuropsychiatric symptoms in MS arise from complex neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative processes. This review offers insights that may direct more focused and efficient therapeutic approaches by investigating the ways in which tDCS affects inflammation, brain plasticity, and neural connections. Searches were conducted using the PubMed\/Medline, ResearchGate, Cochrane, and Google Scholar databases. Results: The literature search yielded 11 studies to be included in this review, with a total of 175 patients participating in the included studies. In most studies, tDCS did not significantly reduce depression or anxiety scores as the studied patients did not have elevated scores indicating depression and anxiety. In the few studies where the patients had scores indicating mild\/moderate dysfunction, tDCS was more effective. The risk of bias in the included studies was assessed as moderate. Despite the null or near-null results, tDCS may still prove to be an effective treatment option for depression and anxiety in MS, because tDCS produces a neurobiological effect on the brain and nervous system. To facilitate further work, several possible mechanisms of action of tDCS have been reported, such as the modulation of the frontal\u2013midline theta, reductions in neuroinflammation, the modulation of the HPA axis, and cerebral blood flow regulation. Conclusions: Although tDCS did not overall demonstrate positive effects in reducing depression and anxiety in the studied MS patients, the role of tDCS in this area should not be underestimated. Evidence from other studies indicates the effectiveness of tDCS in reducing depression and anxiety, but the studies included in this review did not include patients with sufficient depression or anxiety. Future studies are needed to confirm the effectiveness of tDCS in neuropsychiatric dysfunctions in MS.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13247793","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,20]],"date-time":"2024-12-20T07:42:18Z","timestamp":1734680538000},"page":"7793","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)\u2014A Review and Insight into Possible Mechanisms of Action"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"James","family":"Chmiel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Culture and Health, Institute of Physical Culture Sciences, University of Szczecin, Al. 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