Author, Year | N | Arms | tDCS protocol | Results |
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Boggio, 2012 (Boggio et al. 2012) | 15* | tDCS Sham tDCS | 5 sessions in a week, 2 mA, 30 min, 35 cm2 Anode: T3 and T4 Cathode: right deltoid muscle | Significant improvement of visual recognition memory but no significant effect on MMSE, ADAS-Cog, VAT |
Cotelli, 2014 (Cotelli et al. 2014) | 36 | tDCS + ICMT sham tDCS + ICMT tDCS + motor training | 10 sessions in 2 weeks, 2 mA, 25 min, 25cm2 Anode: F3 Cathode: right deltoid muscle | No significant improvement in memory except face-name association task |
Khedr, 2014 (Khedr et al. 2014) | 34 | tDCS (Anodal F3 stimulation) tDCS (Cathodal F3 stimulation) sham tDCS | 10 sessions in 2 weeks, 2 mA, 25 min, 24 / 100 cm2 Anode: F3 Cathode: right supraorbital region | Both anodal and cathodal stimulation showed more significant improvement in MMSE than sham. Reduction of P300 is also observed in tDCS. |
Suemoto, 2014 (Suemoto et al. 2014) | 40 | tDCS sham tDCS | 6 sessions in 2 weeks, 2 mA, 30 min, 35 cm2 Anode: F3Cathode: right orbit | No significant difference in Apathy, as well as ADAS-Cog and other cognitive tests |