Epidural direct current stimulation over the left medial prefrontal cortex facilitates spatial working memory performance in rats

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 261-269

  De Souza Custódio, Juliana Cardoso ^a   Martins, Cleciane Waldetário ^a   Lugon, Marcelo Di Marcello Valladão ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b,c   Nakamura Palacios, Ester Miyuki ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed task; Epidural direct current stimulation; Medial prefrontal cortex; Radial maze; Spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84877767223     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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