Can noninvasive brain stimulation enhance cognition in neuropsychiatric disorders?

Can noninvasive brain stimulation enhance cognition in neuropsychiatric disorders?

Cognitive impairment is a core symptom of many neuropsychiatric diseases and a key contributor to the patient's quality of life. However, an effective therapeutic strategy has yet to be developed. Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques, namely transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), are promising techniques that are under investigation for a...

Can noninvasive brain stimulation enhance function in the ageing brain?

Advancing age is associated with cognitive and motor performance deficits and a reduced capacity for plasticity. Zimerman and colleagues (Zimerman M, Nitsch M, Giraux P, Gerloff C, Cohen LG, Hummel FC. Ann Neurol 73: 10-15, 2013) have recently shown that noninvasive brain stimulation can enhance behavioral improvements following training on a motor sequence task in older adults. The work is of ...

Letter to Editor: Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients with Chronic Movement Disorders

Neuro Forum Can noninvasive brain stimulation enhance function in the ageing brain?

Vallence A-M, Goldsworthy MR. Can noninvasive brain stimulation enhance function in the ageing brain? J Neurophysiol 111: 1–3, 2014. First published September 4, 2013; doi:10.1152/jn.00088.2013.—Advancing age is associated with cognitive and motor performance deficits and a reduced capacity for plasticity. Zimerman and colleagues (Zimerman M, Nitsch M, Giraux P, Gerloff C, Cohen LG, Hummel FC. ...

letter to editor: neuropsychiatric consequences of deep brain stimulation in patients with chronic movement disorders

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