Boosting recovery of vision loss in post-acute stroke with tDCS – A pilot Study

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) stroke usually results in visual field defects varying in size and extent of the blind field. Vision restoration training (VRT) may reduce the visual field impairment. Combined application of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over visual cortex together with VRT indicates that tDCS may accelerate VRT-effects in the post-acute stage. We investigated safety, applicability and efficacy in 7 post-acute PCA stroke patients and compared their visual field changes to 7 control subject who were matched with respect to lesion-age and defect-size and underwent standard rehabilitation.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - January 29, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: R. Alber, H. Moser, B.A. Sabel, Gall C Source Type: research