Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Promotes Frontal Compensatory Mechanisms in Healthy Elderly Subjects

Recent studies have demonstrated that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is potentially useful to improve working memory. In the present study, young and elderly subjects performed a working memory task (n-back task) during an electroencephalogram recording before and after receiving ano...

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Main Authors: Jesús Cespón, Claudia Rodella, Paolo M. Rossini, Carlo Miniussi, Maria C. Pellicciari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00420/full