Age-dependent effects of brain stimulation on network centrality

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 176; pp. 71 - 82
• Main Authors: Antonenko, Daria, Nierhaus, Till, Meinzer, Marcus, Prehn, Kristin, Thielscher, Axel, Ittermann, Bernd, Flöel, Agnes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Age groups; Aging; Brain; Brain mapping; Cortex (parietal); Cortex (somatosensory); Data processing; Eigenvector centrality mapping; Electrical stimulation of the brain; Electrodes; ESB; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Graph analysis; Neural networks; Neuroimaging; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Older people; Prefrontal cortex; Resting-state functional connectivity; Studies; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Young adults; Aging; Eigenvector centrality mapping; Resting-state functional connectivity; Graph analysis; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have suggested that advanced age may mediate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on brain function. However, studies directly comparing neural tDCS effects between young and older adults are scarce and limited to task-rel...