Slow-oscillatory transcranial direct current stimulation modulates memory in temporal lobe epilepsy by altering sleep spindle generators: A possible rehabilitation tool

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 567-573

  Del Felice, Alessandra ^a   Magalini, Alessandra ^b   Masiero, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical source imaging; Epilepsy rehabilitation; Memory remediation; Non invasive transcranial stimulation; Sleep spindles

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; SCARBAZEPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONISAMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW RESOLUTION BRAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW OSCILLATORY TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERBAL MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942989783     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.410     Document Type: Article

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