No effects of slow oscillatory transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on sleep-dependent memory consolidation in healthy elderly subjects

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 938-945

  Eggert, Torsten ^a   Dorn, Hans ^a   Sauter, Cornelia ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^b   Bajbouj, Malek ^a,c   Danker Hopfe, Heidi ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Elderly; Memory consolidation; Sleep; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ELDERLY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; SLEEP; TDCS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

EID: 84888010024     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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