Non-invasive electric current stimulation for restoration of vision after unilateral occipital stroke

• Published in: Contemporary clinical trials Vol. 43; pp. 231 - 236
• Main Authors: Gall, Carolin, Silvennoinen, Katri, Granata, Giuseppe, de Rossi, Francesca, Vecchio, Fabrizio, Brösel, Doreen, Bola, Michał, Sailer, Michael, Waleszczyk, Wioletta J, Rossini, Paolo M, Tatlisumak, Turgut, Sabel, Bernhard A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Alternating current stimulation; Cardiovascular; Double-Blind Method; Electroencephalography; Evoked Potentials, Visual; Female; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Homonymous hemianopia; Humans; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Ischemic stroke; Male; Middle Aged; Quality of Life; Recovery of Function; Research Design; Stroke - complications; Stroke - therapy; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - methods; Vision Disorders - etiology; Vision Disorders - therapy; Vision rehabilitation; Vision, Ocular; Visual Fields; Young Adult; Alternating current stimulation; Vision rehabilitation; Ischemic stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Homonymous hemianopia; Intracerebral hemorrhage

Abstract Occipital stroke often leads to visual field loss, for which no effective treatment exists. Little is known about the potential of non-invasive electric current stimulation to ameliorate visual functions in patients suffering from unilateral occipital stroke. One reason is the traditional t...