Modulation of neurophysiological auditory processing measures by bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation in schizophrenia

Walter Dunn, Yuri Rassovsky, Jonathan K. Wynn, Allan D. Wu, Marco Iacoboni, Gerhard Hellemann, Michael F. Green

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Abstract

This study used bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to target neural generators of auditory Mismatch Negativity (MMN) and oddball P300 in schizophrenia patients. tDCS was applied to the pre-frontal cortex in a parallel between-group design. There was a significant main effect of stimulation resulting in modulation of MMN amplitude. This effect was mainly driven by a non-significant, but large, effect-size decrease in MMN amplitude with anodal stimulation. This is the first study to demonstrate that tDCS is able to engage and modulate an EEG-based auditory processing measure in schizophrenia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-191
Number of pages3
JournalSchizophrenia Research
Volume174
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2016

Keywords

  • Cognition
  • Mismatch negativity
  • Schizophrenia
  • Target engagement
  • Transcranial direct current stimulation
  • tDCS

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Biological Psychiatry

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