Facilitated lexical processing accuracy and reaction times following repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in dementia of the Alzheimer type : a case study

Roumpea, Georgia (author), Bon, Jurij (author), Marjanovič, Katarina (author), Pirtošek, Zvezdan (author), Manouilidou, Christina (author)

We investigated the potential effects of high-frequency (10 Hz) repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the bilateral Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC) (30-sessions; 2-sessions/day) on improving lexical processing in one participant with mild – Alzheimer’s disease (hereafter dementia of the Alzheimer type-DAT). Increased accuracy and faster reaction times (RTs) were reported in a lexical-decision task (LDT) up to 2-months post-intervention. The current findings indicate that high-frequency stimulation of the DLPFC might be a potential therapeutic tool to improve lexical processing in mild-DAT.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type, DAT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, TMS, reaction times, lexical processing, lexical decision task, neurolinguistics
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 151-159
• Numbering: Vol. 29, no. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-158166
• UDC: 81'234:616.894
• ISSN on article: 1465-3656
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2024.2348222
• COBISS.SI-ID: 196254723
• Publication date in RUL: 27.05.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Neurocase
• Shortened title: Neurocase
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1465-3656
• COBISS.SI-ID: 521648921

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Alzheimerjeva demenca, transkranialna magnetna stimulacija, TMS, reakcijski časi, leksikalna obdelava, naloga leksikalne odločitve, nevrolingvistika