tDCS selectively improves working memory in older adults with more education

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 521, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-151

  Berryhill, Marian E ^a   Jones, Kevin T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Prefrontal cortex; tDCS; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84863084696     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.05.074     Document Type: Article

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