Zapping the brain after stroke may stop pain before it starts

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke confirmed by MRI or scanner * Lesion(s) in somato-sensory areas (i.e. mainly in: the pons, thalamus, internal capsule, basal ganglia and operculo-insular regions) * Sensory and/or motor deficit requiring rehabilitation * Subacute stage (7 to 45 days post-stroke) * No neurological deficit or chronic neuropathic pain prior to stroke * No neuropathic pain at inclusion * Patient can be followed throughout the study. * Information letter read and understood * Able to give informed consent to participate in research * Affiliation with a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to tDCS (epilepsy/history of epilepsy, intracranial ferromagnetic material or implanted stimulator, acute eczema or irritated skin over the stimulation area) * Contraindication to MRI (use of a pacemaker or insulin pump, wearing of a metal prosthesis, intracerebral clip or piercing, claustrophobia) * Cognitive or language difficulties preventing comprehension of instructions and/or correct clinical assessment * Patients participating in another research protocol involving a drug in the 30 days prior to inclusion * Drug or psychoactive substance abuse * Pregnant or breast-feeding women * Patients under guardianship or curatorship, deprived of liberty, safeguard of justice * Major depression * Patients with Parkinson's disease * The presence of pre-existing lesions \>1.5 cm (maximum diameter) in a cerebral area belonging to the anatomically defined sensorimotor system * Alcohol abuse * Severe psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia) * Any tumor disease with a life expectancy of \<1 year * Increased intracranial pressure * Patients with a medical device containing electronics or conductive materials * Patients on continuous oxygen (system not adapted)