Trial reportExperimental brain research2025
Gamma-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation over the left posterior parietal cortex enhances the long-term retention of associative memory.
Trial report in Experimental brain research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex enhances episodic memory consolidation.Experimental brain research · 2026Trial
- Task-Specific Personalized Theta tACS Modulates Theta Dynamics in Associative Memory.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- Theta Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Over the Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex Does Not Enhance Long-Term Memory.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Article
- Gamma tACS over the prefrontal and parietal cortices enhances episodic memory performance.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on associative memory, event-related potential P300 and P600: a single-blind pilot experiment on healthy adults.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) has been reported to improve associative memory (AM) by modulating the frequency of neural oscillations in the brain; however, whether gamma-frequency (> 30 Hz) tACS in the left posterior parietal lobe (PPC) can enhance memory retention in AM remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether memory retention in AM could be improved after gamma-frequency tACS of the left PPC. We used a randomly assigned, double-blind, repeated-measures, sham-control design, in which 28 healthy adult participants were assigned to receive a single 20-min session of gamma-frequency (60 Hz) tACS or sham stimulation. The memory learning task consisted of studying and testing 50 unrelated word pairs three times on day 1. The number of correct responses in the cued recall task was measured at three time points: days 1, 7, and 28. The results revealed a significant difference in the number of correct responses between the interventions on day 7 and day 28. These data suggest that gamma-frequency tACS stimulation of the left PPC enhances the long-term retention of AM in healthy adults.
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