Brain stimulation improves associative memory in an individual with amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Maria Cotelli; Marco Calabria; Rosa Manenti; Sandra Rosini; Claudio Maioli; Orazio Zanetti; Carlo Miniussi

doi:10.1080/13554794.2011.588176

Brain stimulation improves associative memory in an individual with amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Maria Cotelli, Marco Calabria, Rosa Manenti, Sandra Rosini, Claudio Maioli, Orazio Zanetti, Carlo Miniussi

Centro San Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli

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Abstract

In patients with cognitive deficits, brain stimulation has been shown to restore cognition (Miniussi et al., 2008, Brain Stimulation, 1, 326). The aim of this study was to assess whether repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) could improve memory performance in an individual with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI). Stimulation of the left parietal cortex increased accuracy in an association memory task, and this improvement was still significant 24 weeks after stimulation began. These findings indicate that rTMS to the left parietal cortex improved memory performance in aMCI.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-223
Number of pages	7
Journal	Neurocase
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2011.588176
Publication status	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

Brain stimulation
Face-name association
MCI
Neurorehabilitation
Parietal cortex

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Clinical Neurology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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