Oscillating Square Wave Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Delivered During Slow Wave Sleep Does Not Improve Declarative Memory More Than Sham: A Randomized Sham Controlled Crossover Study

Oscillating Square Wave Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Delivered During Slow Wave Sleep Does Not Improve Declarative Memory More Than Sham: A Randomized Sham Controlled Crossover Study

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Background: A 2006 trial in healthy medical students found that anodal slow oscillating tDCS delivered bi-frontally during slow wave sleep had an enhancing effect in declarative, but not procedural memory. Although there have been supporting animal studies, and similar findings in pathological group...

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Main Authors: Gregory L. Sahlem, Bashar W. Badran, Jonathan J. Halford, Nolan R. Williams, Jeffrey E. Korte, Kimberly Leslie, Martha Strachan, Jesse L. Breedlove, Jennifer Runion, David L. Bachman, Thomas W. Uhde, Jeffery J. Borckardt, Mark S. George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
Subjects:
Transcranial direct current stimulation
Sleep
Slow wave sleep
Memory consolidation
Cognitive enhancement
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X15008785

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