Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Promotes Frontal Compensatory Mechanisms in Healthy Elderly Subjects

• Published in: Frontiers in aging neuroscience Vol. 9; p. 420
• Main Authors: Cespón, Jesús, Rodella, Claudia, Rossini, Paolo M., Miniussi, Carlo, Pellicciari, Maria C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 18.12.2017; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Aging; Cognition & reasoning; compensatory mechanisms; EEG; Electrical stimulation of the brain; ESB; Event-related potentials; Geriatrics; Intelligence tests; Memory; Mental task performance; Neuroscience; P300; Prefrontal cortex; Short term memory; Systematic review; transcranial direct current stimulation; working memory; Italy; compensatory mechanisms; aging; event-related potentials; working memory; P300; transcranial direct current stimulation

Recent studies have demonstrated that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is potentially useful to improve working memory. In the present study, young and elderly subjects performed a working memory task ( -back task) during an electroencephalogram recording before and after receiving ano...