Evaluation of the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on language impairments in the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia.

ABSTRACT: The behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by bilateral atrophy of the prefrontal cortex, gradual deterioration of behavioural and executive capacities, a breakdown of language initiation and impaired search mechanisms in the lexicon. To date, only a few studies have analysed the modulation of language deficits in the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia patients with transcranial direct current stimulation, yet with inconsistent results. Our goal was to assess the impact on language performance of a single session of transcranial direct current stimulation on patients with the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia. Using a sham-controlled double-blind crossover design in a cohort of behavioural frontotemporal dementia

SUBMITTER: Sanches C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8963324 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature