Exploring the efficacy of a 5-day course of transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) on depression and memory function in patients with well-controlled temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-20

  Liu, Anli ^a,b,e   Bryant, Andrew ^a,c   Jefferson, Ashley ^a,c   Friedman, Daniel ^a,b   Minhas, Preet ^a,b   Barnard, Sarah ^a,b   Barr, William ^a,b   Thesen, Thomas ^a,b   O'Connor, Margaret ^d,f   Shafi, Mouhsin ^d,e,f   Herman, Susan ^d,f   Devinsky, Orrin ^a,b   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^d,e,f   Schachter, Steven ^d,f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Berenson Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Memory; Neurostimulation; Stimulation safety; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED MEMORY; DELTA RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERICTAL DISCHARGE FREQUENCY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS DEPRESSION INVENTORY FOR EPILEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE FREQUENCY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; WELL CONTROLLED TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WORKING MEMORY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW UP; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84951135439     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.10.032     Document Type: Article

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