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NONINVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION INCREASES THE COMPLEXITY OF RESTING-STATE BRAIN NETWORK ACTIVITY IN OLDER ADULTS
- Source :
- Innovation in Aging. 2:402-402
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018.
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Abstract
- Successful completion of cognitive and motor tasks requires functional interactions between numerous brain networks over multiple temporal scales. Biological aging reduces the multi-scale “complexity” of the spontaneous fluctuations in network activity. Still, it is unknown if such “resting-state” complexity is sensitive to functional status, or modifiable via intervention. We hypothesized that resting-state complexity is lower in older adults with functional limitations, and, that it can be increased via repeated exposure to transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Twelve older adults with mild-to-moderate executive dysfunction (i.e., Trail Making Test B time below the 25th percentile of age- and education-based norm) and slow gait (i.e., gait speed 4.7, p4.9, p
Details
- ISSN :
- 23995300
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Innovation in Aging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ec8218fd2e89cc9711676df709f85360