Transcranial direct current stimulation in mild cognitive impairment: Behavioral effects and neural mechanisms

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1032-1040

  Meinzer, Marcus ^a,b   Lindenberg, Robert ^b   Phan, Mai Thy ^b   Ulm, Lena ^a,b   Volk, Carina ^b   Flöel, Agnes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Language; Mild cognitive impairment; Resting state fMRI; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOSTON NAMING TEST; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEUROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL PARAMETRIC MAPPING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAIL MAKING TEST; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; LANGUAGE TEST; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REST;

AFFECT; AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REST; SEMANTICS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84922456280     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.07.159     Document Type: Article

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