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Therapeutic effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on neuropsychological symptoms of an elderly patient: A case report

Overview of attention for article published in Dementia & Neuropsychologia, January 2017
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Title
Therapeutic effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on neuropsychological symptoms of an elderly patient: A case report
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Dementia & Neuropsychologia, January 2017
DOI 10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-030014
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Aline Iannone, Joaquim Brasil-Neto, Antonio Pedro Mello Cruz, Corina Satler, Nasser Allam

Abstract

Although growing evidence points to the potential therapeutic effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), there is still no consensus on the most appropriate protocol to be used in specific neurological and neuropsychological symptoms. This case report evaluated the neuromodulatory therapeutic effects of two 15-day courses of tDCS on an elderly female patient, aged 78 years with mild neurocognitive disorder, chronic pain and depression-related symptoms. Results indicated an overall significant improvement of cognitive and executive functions, as well as reduction in both depression and chronic pain symptoms. These results highlight the potential of tDCS as a safe and useful neuromodulatory clinical tool in the rehabilitation of elderly patients.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 47 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 15%
Other 3 6%
Professor 2 4%
Unspecified 2 4%
Other 7 15%
Unknown 18 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 9 19%
Psychology 7 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 11%
Unspecified 2 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 21 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2017.
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#16,051,091
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Outputs from Dementia & Neuropsychologia
#227
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#242,103
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Outputs of similar age from Dementia & Neuropsychologia
#17
of 23 outputs
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