Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of prefrontal cortex enhances working memory

By Felipe Fregni, P. Boggio, Michael A. Nitsche, Felix Bermpohl, Andrea Antal, E. Feredoes, M. Marcolin, Sergio P. Rigonatti, M. T. Silva, Walter Paulus and 1 more. Experimental Brain Research, 2005

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Quantitative Review Finds No Evidence of Cognitive Effects in Healthy Populations From Single-session Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). (2015, methodology): “[62] 15 lDLPFC rORBIT 0.”
Transcranial direct current stimulation: State of the art 2008 (2008, background): “For tDCS durations resulting in long-lasting after-effects (1 hour or more), an intersession interval of 48 hours to 1 week has been suggested.(14,15,43) If repetitive tDCS is performed to prolong and stabilize long-lasting after-effects, subjects are generally stimulated once a day.”
Shaping the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation of the human motor cortex. (2007, background): “…relevant because they modify perception as well as cognition in healthy subjects (Antal et al. 2001, 2004a,b,c; Matsunaga et al. 2004; Nitsche et al. 2003) and were shown to improve clinical symptoms in patients with neuropsychiatric diseases (Fregni et al. 2005b, 2006a,b,c; Hummel et al. 2005).”
Therapeutic effects of non-invasive brain stimulation with direct currents (tDCS) in neuropsychiatric diseases (2014, positive): “, 2003d), working memory performance (Fregni et al., 2005), as well as other cognitive processes are modulated by NIBS (Guse et al.”
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on working memory in patients with Parkinson's disease (2006, methodology): “Only two studies evaluated the effects of tDCS in working memory thus far; however, these two studies were conducted in healthy subjects [15,16].”
A sham‐controlled, phase II trial of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of central pain in traumatic spinal cord injury (2006, methodology): “Evaluation of safety was an important aim of the trial as previous safety studies of tDCS evaluated the effects of only one session of 2 mA in healthy volunteers or several sessions of 1 mA tDCS in patients with major depression (Fregni et al., 2005a; Iyer et al., 2005).”
A technical guide to tDCS, and related non-invasive brain stimulation tools (2015, background): “positive effect on working memory is observed when stimulating DLPFC, but not M1 (Fregni et al., 2005).”
Clinical Research with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): Challenges and Future Directions (2011, positive): “For instance, a previous study showed that changing the electrode reference from DLPFC to M1 eliminated tDCS effects on working memory.(16) Other studies have shown that phosphenethresholds are modulated only during occipital (visual cortex) DCS and not other areas.”
Cognitive Enhancement: Methods, Ethics, Regulatory Challenges (2009, positive): “…in a motor task (Buteﬁsch et al. 2004), motor learning (Nitsche et al. 2003), visuo-motor coordination tasks (Antal et al. 2004a, b), working memory (Fregni et al. 2005), ﬁnger sequence tapping (Kobayashi et al. 2004), classiﬁcation (Kincses et al. 2004) and even declarative memory consolidation…”
Transcranial direct current stimulation: A computer-based human model study (2007, methodology): “…al., 1993); how differences in the electrode configurations influence the stimulating currents (Nitsche and Paulus, 2000, 2001; Priori, 2003); and how various differences in brain anatomy induced by neurological disorders, such as stroke, influence the stimulating currents (Fregni et al., 2005a).”
Cognitive Bias Modification and Cognitive Control Training in Addiction and Related Psychopathology (2013, background): “It follows that in individuals with relatively limited WMC, indices of impulsive processes should better predict behavior, whereas in individuals with strong WMC (and motivation to control), reflective considerations should better predict the behavior of interest (Hofmann, Friese, & Wiers, 2008; Sta”
tDCS polarity effects in motor and cognitive domains: a meta-analytical review (2011, background): “Others have reported a significant Ae effect only (Boggio et al. 2010a; Cerruti and Schlaug 2008; Chi et al. 2010; Floel et al. 2008; Fregni et al. 2005; Iyer et al. 2005; Kincses et al. 2004; Kraft et al. 2010; and Sparing et al. 2008).”
Battery powered thought: Enhancement of attention, learning, and memory in healthy adults using transcranial direct current stimulation (2014, neutral): “This is in contrast with the group's previous report of enhancement of accuracy with 1 mA in healthy normal participants (Fregni et al., 2005) and may result from differences in cortical excitability associated with PD.”
Transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS): a tool for double-blind sham-controlled clinical studies in brain stimulation. (2006, background): “…Nitsche et al., 2003a) and transiently enhances motor performance in patients with chronic stroke (Hummel et al., 2005a; Hummel and Cohen, 2005; Fregni et al., 2005b). tDCS can be applied continuously and safely for up to 30 min (Hummel et al., 2005a; Iyer et al., 2005; Nitsche et al., 2005),…”
Mechanism for top-down control of working memory capacity (2009, result): “In addition, the boosting mechanism is consistent with studies showing that dlPFC activates specifically at high loads (19, 38) and is more activated in people with high capacity (11, 37) and that transcranial activation of dlPFC improves WM performance (39).”
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Improves Language Learning (2008, background): “There are preliminary reports of improved verbal fluency (Iyer et al., 2005) and verbal working memory abilities (Fregni et al., 2005) in healthy subjects.”