Effects of noninvasive brain stimulation on cognitive function in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2348-2359

  Hsu, Wan Yu ^a   Ku, Yixuan ^a,b   Zanto, Theodore P ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b B326 Science Building   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease (AD); Cognitive function; Meta analysis; Neuronal plasticity; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BURNING SENSATION; COGNITION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; IRRITATION; META ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; AGED; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84952636701     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.04.016     Document Type: Review

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