Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on memory in elderly with mild cognitive impairment

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-357

  Luijpen, Marijn W ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^b   Sergeant, Joseph A ^a   Van Dijk, Koene R A ^a   Scherder, Erik J A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment (MCI); Trancutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 13444267729     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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