Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex enhances memory-guided responses in a visuospatial working memory task

Functional Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-193

  Giglia, Giuseppe ^a,d   Brighina, Filippo ^a   Rizzo, Silvia ^b   Puma, Angela ^c   Indovino, Serena ^a   Maccora, Simona ^a   Baschi, Roberta ^a   Cosentino, Giuseppe ^a   Fierro, Brigida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele Giuseppe Giglio   (Italy)

^c S Maria del Prato Hospital   (Italy)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANODAL STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECOGNITION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919390143     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: 19713274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11138/FNeur/2014.29.3.189     Document Type: Article

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