A person with frontotemporal dementia shows increased metabolic rate across multiple brain regions after a series of tDCS sessions

In a previous study [1], we explored the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on reducing response times in an untrained N-Back task [2]. Our findings indicated that the active tDCS conditions resulted in greater reductions in response times compared to the SHAM condition, with the left-hemisphere targeting montage appearing to be the most effective. These results prompted us to investigate whether this tDCS protocol could elicit measurable neurological changes in the brain.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - May 12, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: C. Roncero, J. Nikelski, J.,P. Soucy, D. Lahiri, B. Seixas-Lima, H. Chertkow Source Type: research