Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) exerts pro-cognitive effects in various populations. We evaluated the effect of tDCS on cognitive performance and its electrophysiological correlates in schizophrenia patients. Ten participants received 10 sessions of tDCS and performed cognitive performance tasks; error-related negativity and correct response negativity (CRN) were measured before and after tDCS. Verbal performance was improved by tDCS and strongly correlated with a reduced CRN amplitude. Despite the lack of sham control design and possible practice effects of cognitive tasks, we might conclude that CRN could be a modifiable electrophysiological correlate of cognitive improvement by tDCS.
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Gen Psychiatr
December 2024
Psychiatry Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Medicina, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Background: Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), may offer an alternative treatment strategy for impulsive behaviour. By modulating brain activity, these techniques could potentially enhance impulse control and mitigate impulsivity.
Aims: To provide a comprehensive analysis of the correlation between NIBS parameters, targeted brain regions and impulsivity.
Front Aging Neurosci
December 2024
Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
Background: As a non drug and non invasive therapy, both transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may modulate cortical rhythms and serve as potentially effective approaches to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, studies using animal models of AD are quite limited.
Methods: This study investigates the aftereffects of tACS and tDCS on brain EEG activity and associated exploratory behavior in normal aged and APP/PS1 transgenic mice (15 months old).
Front Hum Neurosci
December 2024
Department of Physical Education, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, China.
Background: Conventional research has asserted that cognitive function, particularly, response inhibition, is closely related to the inferior frontal cortex (IFC), dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), or orbital frontal cortex (OFC), which belong to the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Different targets of anodal or cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS or c-tDCS) would affect the experimental results, but the stimulation of the same brain target would produce inconsistent findings.
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of a-tDCS and c-tDCS applied over the PFC for healthy populations on reactive and proactive control process compared with sham or no tDCS conditions, as assessed using the Stop-signal task (SST) and Go/NoGo (GNG) task performance.
Front Hum Neurosci
December 2024
Division of Clinical Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
Introduction: Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been reported to modulate gamma-aminobutyric acid levels and cerebral energy consumption in the brain. This study aims to investigate long-term GABA and cerebral energy modulation following anodal tDCS over the primary motor cortex.
Method: To assess GABA and energy level changes, proton and phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy data were acquired before and after anodal or sham tDCS.
Front Neurol
December 2024
Unit of Neurology, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.
Dysphagia is a frequent and life-threatening complication of multiple sclerosis (MS). Swallowing disturbances may be present at all stages of MS, although their prevalence increases with age, with disease duration, and in progressive phenotypes. The pathophysiology of dysphagia in MS is likely due to a combination of factors, including the involvement of corticobulbar tracts, the cerebellum, and the brainstem.
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