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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Enhancing Immediate Memory, Potential Learning, and Working Memory with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Older Adults.

Encarnación Satorres, Juan C Meléndez, Alfonso Pitarque, Elena Real, Mireia Abella, Joaquin Escudero

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06861231 (Combined Intervention Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training in Alzheimer's Type Dementia Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06861231 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Combined Intervention Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training in Alzheimer's Type Dementia Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ValenciaRan2024 to 2026Enrolled22ConditionsProdromal Alzheimer's DiseaseArmsTranscraneal Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)- Active, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)- Sham, Cognitive Training (CT)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Encarnación SatorresDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8589-8697
Juan C MeléndezDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6353-6035
Alfonso PitarqueDepartment of Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Elena RealDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Mireia AbellaDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibañez 21, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Joaquin EscuderoHospital General of Valencia, Av. Tres Cruces, 2, 46014 Valencia, Spain.
Universitat de València · ESHospital General Universitario De Valencia · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has emerged as a prevention method or minimizer of the normal cognitive deterioration that occurs during the aging process. tDCS can be used to enhance cognitive functions such as immediate memory, learning, or working memory in healthy subjects. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of two 20-min sessions of anodal transcranial direct stimulation on immediate memory, learning potential, and working memory in healthy older adults.

methodsA randomized, single-blind, repeated-measures, sham-controlled design was used. The sample is made up of 31 healthy older adults, of whom 16 were in the stimulation group and 15 were in the sham group. The anode was placed on position F7, coinciding with the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex region, and the cathode was placed on Fp2, the right supraorbital area (rSO).

resultsWhen comparing the results of the treatment group and the sham group, differences were observed in working memory and learning potential; however, no differences in immediate memory were found.

conclusionThe results showed that tDCS is a non-invasive and safe tool to enhance cognitive processes in healthy older adults interested in maintaining some cognitive function.

Indexed as

Memory, Short-TermTranscranial Direct Current StimulationAgedDouble-Blind MethodHumansPrefrontal CortexSingle-Blind Methodhealthy older adultsimmediate memorylearning potentialtDCSworking memory

Identifiers

PMID36232016
PMCPMC9564946
OpenAlexW4303696313

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