No significant effect of prefrontal tDCS on working memory performance in older adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages 1-1

  Nilsson, Jonna ^a   Lebedev, Alexander V ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; N back; Plasticity; TDCS; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MODULATION; N-BACK TEST; PLASTICITY; RESPONSE TIME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84980588208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00230     Document Type: Article

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