Oscillating square wave transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) delivered during slow wave sleep does not improve declarative memory more than sham: A randomized sham controlled crossover study

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 528-534

  Sahlem, Gregory L ^a   Badran, Bashar W ^a   Halford, Jonathan J ^a   Williams, Nolan R ^a   Korte, Jeffrey E ^a   Leslie, Kimberly ^a   Strachan, Martha ^a   Breedlove, Jesse L ^a   Runion, Jennifer ^a   Bachman, David L ^a   Uhde, Thomas W ^a   Borckardt, Jeffery J ^a   George, Mark S ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement; Memory consolidation; Sleep; Slow wave sleep; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CURRENT DENSITY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATING SQUARE WAVE TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; OSCILLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WAVEFORM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942921260     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.414     Document Type: Article

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