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Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in a patient with deep brain ...
Iannone,Aline; Allam,Nasser; Brasil-Neto,Joaquim P.ABSTRACT Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated in movement disorders, making it a therapeutic alternative in clinical settings. However, there is still no consensus on the most appropriate treatment protocols in most cases, and the presence of deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes has been regarded as a contraindication to the procedure. We recently studied the effec...
Therapeutic effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on neuropsycholog...
Iannone,Aline; Brasil-Neto,Joaquim; Cruz,Antonio Pedro Mello; Satler,Corina; Allam,NasserABSTRACT 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 neu...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation a...
Iannone,Aline; Cruz,Antonio Pedro de Mello; Brasil-Neto,Joaquim Pereira; Boechat-Barros,RaphaelABSTRACT Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has recently been investigated as a possible adjuvant treatment for many neuropsychiatric disorders, and has already been approved for the treatment of drug-resistant depression in the United States and in Brazil, among other countries. Although its use in other neuropsychiatric disorders is still largely experimental, many physicians have been using it as an off...