The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory
Sleep-dependent memory consolidation has been extensively studied. Neutral declarative memories and serial reaction time task (SRTT) performance can benefit from slow-wave activity, characterized by less than 1 Hz frequency cortical slow oscillations (SO). Emotional memories can benefit from theta a...
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| description | Sleep-dependent memory consolidation has been extensively studied. Neutral declarative memories and serial reaction time task (SRTT) performance can benefit from slow-wave activity, characterized by less than 1 Hz frequency cortical slow oscillations (SO). Emotional memories can benefit from theta activity, characterized by 4–8 Hz frequency cortical oscillations. Applying transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during sleep entrains specific frequencies to alter sleep architecture. When applying cathodal tDCS (CtDCS), neural inhibition or excitation may depend on the waveform at the applied frequency. A double dissociation was predicted, with CtDCS at SO frequency improving neutral declarative memory and SRTT performance, and theta frequency CtDCS inhibiting negative emotional memory. Participants completed three CtDCS conditions (Theta: 5 Hz, SO: 0.75 Hz and control: sham) and completed an SRTT and word recognition task pre- and post-sleep, comprising emotional and neutral words to assess memory. In line with predictions, CtDCS improved neutral declarative memory when applied at SO frequency. When applied at theta frequency, no negative emotional word memory impairment was found but a positive association was found between post-stimulation theta power and emotional word recognition. SRTT performance was also not altered by either CtDCS frequency. Future studies should investigate overnight theta CtDCS and examine the effects of CtDCS during and after stimulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d9d61f96503b4aca8f009ad512dd41f02022-12-22T01:32:14ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032018-01-015710.1098/rsos.172353172353The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memoryJennifer M. JohnsonSimon J. DurrantSleep-dependent memory consolidation has been extensively studied. Neutral declarative memories and serial reaction time task (SRTT) performance can benefit from slow-wave activity, characterized by less than 1 Hz frequency cortical slow oscillations (SO). Emotional memories can benefit from theta activity, characterized by 4–8 Hz frequency cortical oscillations. Applying transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) during sleep entrains specific frequencies to alter sleep architecture. When applying cathodal tDCS (CtDCS), neural inhibition or excitation may depend on the waveform at the applied frequency. A double dissociation was predicted, with CtDCS at SO frequency improving neutral declarative memory and SRTT performance, and theta frequency CtDCS inhibiting negative emotional memory. Participants completed three CtDCS conditions (Theta: 5 Hz, SO: 0.75 Hz and control: sham) and completed an SRTT and word recognition task pre- and post-sleep, comprising emotional and neutral words to assess memory. In line with predictions, CtDCS improved neutral declarative memory when applied at SO frequency. When applied at theta frequency, no negative emotional word memory impairment was found but a positive association was found between post-stimulation theta power and emotional word recognition. SRTT performance was also not altered by either CtDCS frequency. Future studies should investigate overnight theta CtDCS and examine the effects of CtDCS during and after stimulation.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.172353sleep-dependent consolidationmemorytdcsemotionalprocedural |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer M. Johnson Simon J. Durrant The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory Royal Society Open Science sleep-dependent consolidation memory tdcs emotional procedural |
| title | The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory |
| title_full | The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory |
| title_fullStr | The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory |
| title_short | The effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye-movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory |
| title_sort | effect of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation during rapid eye movement sleep on neutral and emotional memory |
| topic | sleep-dependent consolidation memory tdcs emotional procedural |
| url | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.172353 |
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