Prolonged visual memory enhancement after direct current stimulation in Alzheimer&apos;s disease.

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Abstract

Immediately after patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) receive a single anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) session their memory performance improves. Whether multiple tDCS sessions improve memory performance in the longer term remains unclear.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Brain Stimul

Title: Brain stimulation

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1876-4754

ISSN (Print): 1876-4754

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2012

Volume: 5

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and Developmental Disorders Program, Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

[2 ] Centro Clinico per la Neurostimolazione, le Neurotecnologie ed i Disordini del Movimento, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy; Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Milano, Italy.

[3 ] Centro Clinico per la Neurostimolazione, le Neurotecnologie ed i Disordini del Movimento, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.

[4 ] Estância Vale Verde, Guararema, Brazil.

[5 ] U.O. di Neurofisiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.

[6 ] Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Milano, Italy; U.O. di Neurologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.

[7 ] Laboratory of Neuromodulation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

[8 ] Centro Clinico per la Neurostimolazione, le Neurotecnologie ed i Disordini del Movimento, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy; Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: alberto.priori@unimi.it.

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Publisher Item ID: S1935-861X(11)00088-X

DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.06.006

PubMed ID: 21840288

SO-VID: 12c5b846-03c8-4d93-bb64-e666098fb714

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