Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of parietal cortex enhances action naming in corticobasal syndrome

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Manenti, Rosa ^a   Bianchi, Marta ^b   Cosseddu, Maura ^b   Brambilla, Michela ^a   Rizzetti, Cristina ^c   Padovani, Alessandro ^b   Borroni, Barbara ^b   Cotelli, Maria ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale S Isidoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive disorders; Dementia; Frontotemporal dementia (FTD); Language disorders; Non invasive brain stimulation; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL SYNDROME; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOMOTOR APRAXIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATOR; PARIETAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SYSTEM; VOCAL REACTION TIME;

EID: 84926365709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00049     Document Type: Article

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