Spaulding-Harvard Model System: Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Chronic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury

Inclusion Criteria: * Over 18 years of age * History of moderate to severe sublesional pain Exclusion Criteria: * Active alcohol or drug dependence, as self-reported * A history of bipolar disorder or psychosis, as self-reported * Inability to travel to the study site, * Current use of any of the following anti-epileptic medications or dopaminergic medications known to reduce or inhibit the benefits of tDCS treatment \[53\]: carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenytoin, ropinirole (Requip), pramipexole (Mirapex), and cabergoline (Dostinex), * The following contradictions to tDCS: implanted metal plates in the head, or deep brain stimulator (spinal cord implants, including baclofen pumps, are not a contraindication as cranial currents do not reach the spinal cord \[24\]). * Pregnancy at time of enrollment * Current use of ventilator.