Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal models
There is a growing demand for new brain-enhancing technologies to improve mental performance, both for patients with cognitive disorders and for healthy individuals. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive, painless, and easy to use neuromodulatory technique that can improve...
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| author | Djamila eBennabi Solène ePedron Emmanuel eHaffen Emmanuel eHaffen Julie eMonnin Julie eMonnin Yvan ePeterschmitt Vincent eVAN WAES |
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| description | There is a growing demand for new brain-enhancing technologies to improve mental performance, both for patients with cognitive disorders and for healthy individuals. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive, painless, and easy to use neuromodulatory technique that can improve performance on a variety of cognitive tasks in humans despite its exact mode of action remains unclear. We have conducted a mini-review of the literature to first briefly summarize the growing amount of data from clinical trials assessing the efficacy of tDCS, focusing exclusively on learning and memory performances in healthy human subjects and in patients with depression, schizophrenia, and other neurological disorders. We then discuss these findings in the context of the strikingly few studies resulting from animal research. Finally, we highlight future directions and limitations in this field and emphasize the need to develop translational studies to better understand how tDCS improves memory, a necessary condition before it can be used as a therapeutic tool. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc9e22ff23f243009ff0666d14e2dddc2022-12-21T19:56:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience1662-51372014-09-01810.3389/fnsys.2014.00159103866Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal modelsDjamila eBennabi0Solène ePedron1Emmanuel eHaffen2Emmanuel eHaffen3Julie eMonnin4Julie eMonnin5Yvan ePeterschmitt6Vincent eVAN WAES7University of Franche-ComteUniversity of Franche-ComteUniversity of Franche-ComteUniversity Hospital of BesançonUniversity of Franche-ComteUniversity Hospital of BesançonUniversity of Franche-ComteUniversity of Franche-ComteThere is a growing demand for new brain-enhancing technologies to improve mental performance, both for patients with cognitive disorders and for healthy individuals. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive, painless, and easy to use neuromodulatory technique that can improve performance on a variety of cognitive tasks in humans despite its exact mode of action remains unclear. We have conducted a mini-review of the literature to first briefly summarize the growing amount of data from clinical trials assessing the efficacy of tDCS, focusing exclusively on learning and memory performances in healthy human subjects and in patients with depression, schizophrenia, and other neurological disorders. We then discuss these findings in the context of the strikingly few studies resulting from animal research. Finally, we highlight future directions and limitations in this field and emphasize the need to develop translational studies to better understand how tDCS improves memory, a necessary condition before it can be used as a therapeutic tool.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00159/fullMemoryPrefrontal CortexNeuromodulationtDCSbrain augmentation |
| spellingShingle | Djamila eBennabi Solène ePedron Emmanuel eHaffen Emmanuel eHaffen Julie eMonnin Julie eMonnin Yvan ePeterschmitt Vincent eVAN WAES Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal models Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience Memory Prefrontal Cortex Neuromodulation tDCS brain augmentation |
| title | Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal models |
| title_full | Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal models |
| title_fullStr | Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal models |
| title_short | Transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement: from clinical research to animal models |
| title_sort | transcranial direct current stimulation for memory enhancement from clinical research to animal models |
| topic | Memory Prefrontal Cortex Neuromodulation tDCS brain augmentation |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00159/full |
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