Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: From clinical research to animal models

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Bennabi, Djamila ^a   Pedron, Solène ^a   Haffen, Emmanuel ^a,b   Monnin, Julie ^a,b   Peterschmitt, Yvan ^a   Van Waes, Vincent ^a  

^a University Hospital of Besançon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement; Memory; Neuromodulation; Prefrontal cortex; tDCS

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84908214484     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00159     Document Type: Review

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