Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation effects on brain function and cognition among elders with memory dysfunction. A randomized sham-controlled study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1487-1493

  Solé Padullés, Cristina ^a   Bartrés Faz, David ^a   Junqué, Carme ^a   Clemente, Imma C ^a   Molinuevo, José Luis ^a,b   Bargalló, Núria ^a,b   Sánchez Aldeguer, Josep ^c   Bosch, Beatriu ^b   Falcón, Carles ^a   Valls Solé, Josep ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associative memory task; Face name memory encoding; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Repetive transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749510382     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj083     Document Type: Article

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