Memory modulation by weak synchronous deep brain stimulation: A pilot study

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-273

  Fell, Juergen ^a   Staresina, Bernhard P ^b   Do Lam, Anne T A ^a   Widman, Guido ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Axmacher, Nikolai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

DBS; Declarative memory; Hippocampus; Rhinal cortex; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84877740056     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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