Neuro Forum Probing the mechanisms underlying the mitigation of cognitive aging with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation
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Kar K, Wright J. Probing the mechanisms underlying the mitigation of cognitive aging with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation. J Neurophysiol 111: 1397–1399, 2014. First published December 11, 2013; doi:10.1152/jn.00736.2013.—Meinzer et al. (J Neurosci 33: 12470–12478, 2013) have recently reported that anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS) mitigates age-related cognitive changes. Simultaneous measurement of BOLD signal during atDCS also showed “youth-like” processing in an elderly population. Although the effects are very promising, the underlying mechanisms of atDCS are still not clear. In this article, we provide a critical review of the results, emphasizing the article’s significance and providing additional insight that will help elucidate the results and atDCS mechanisms.
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Probing the mechanisms underlying the mitigation of cognitive aging with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation.
Meinzer et al. (J Neurosci 33: 12470-12478, 2013) have recently reported that anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS) mitigates age-related cognitive changes. Simultaneous measurement of BOLD signal during atDCS also showed "youth-like" processing in an elderly population. Although the effects are very promising, the underlying mechanisms of atDCS are still not clear. In this art...
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