Transcranial brain stimulation studies of episodic memory in young adults, elderly adults and individuals with memory dysfunction: A review

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-109

  Manenti, Rosa ^a   Cotelli, Maria ^a   Robertson, Ian H ^b   Miniussi, Carlo ^a,b,c  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Memory; Non invasive brain stimulation; rTMS; tDCS; tES; TMS

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84861227048     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.03.004     Document Type: Review

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