Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex of Major Depression: Improving Visual Working Memory, Reducing Depressive Symptoms

• DOI: 10.15540/nr.2.1.37
• Publication Date: 2015-05-18T12:46:16Z
• Authors: Mohammad Salehinejad; Reza Rostami; Elham Ghanavati
• Keywords: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Brain stimulation; Depression

Recent studies on major depression have used non-invasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial direct current to improve impaired emotion and cognition in MD. However, experiments yielded mixed results specifically with respect This study aimed investigate whether anodal cathodal tDCS applied over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), would significantly visual working memory reduce depressive symptoms patients Thirty (N=30) were randomly assigned receive either experimental (active) or control (sham) tDCS. Participants underwent a series of neuropsychological tasks Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Hamilton Scale (HDRS). After 10 sessions tDCS, showed improved performance tasks. Specifically, active for the group relative baseline, whereas sham did not differentiate from baseline group.