Transcranial current direct stimulation for improving working memory in patients with recent onset schizophrenia: An ARAS study

The deficit in Working memory (WM) is a core feature of schizophrenia and plays a role in several tasks ranging from simple daily life activities and social functioning up to the outcome of functional recovery in patients with schizophrenia [1]. Available pharmacological treatments have limited effect and cognitive remediation approaches result in valuable, yet modest improvements [2]. Therefore, interests emerged to find other approaches, such as direct modulations to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), the region that plays a central role in several cognitive capabilities.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research