Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation in mild neurocognitive disorder due to possible Alzheimer's disease. A randomised, single-blind, controlled-placebo study.

Introduction: Mild neurocognitive disorder (mNCD), a pre-dementia stage close to Mild Cognitive Impairment, shows a progressive and constant decline in the memory domain. Of the non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions that may help to decelerate the neurodegenerative progress, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) shows beneficial effects on the learning curve, immediate recall, immediate verbal memory and executive functions. The purpose of this research was to study the effect of tDCS on general cognition, immediate and delayed memory and executive functions by comparing an active group with a placebo group of mNCD patients.

[Hospital processes and costs in neurology. A study of a referral hospital].

Introduction: The steady growth of spending on healthcare and the limited availability of resources make it necessary to include cost analysis among the tools used for hospital management. AIMS. To obtain the hospitalisation operating statement of a neurology service and to analyse the differences with regard to costs per process.

[Spanish multi-centre observational study of the first attacks suggestive of multiple sclerosis: the PREM cohort].

Introduction: Recent studies have shown the need to optimise the management of patients after a first attack suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS). Our aim is to determine whether the results from follow-ups in these studies are reproducible within a Spanish multi-centre context.

Patients And Methods: The PREM study (observational prospective Spanish multi-centre study at 24 months) included patients in the first three months following a first event suggestive of MS with at least two typical lesions in a magnetic resonance scan.