The effect of bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation on early auditory processing in schizophrenia: a preliminary study

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

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Abstract

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was applied bilaterally over the auditory cortex in 12 schizophrenia patients to modulate early auditory processing. Performance on a tone discrimination task (tone-matching task—TMT) and auditory mismatch negativity were assessed after counterbalanced anodal, cathodal, and sham tDCS. Cathodal stimulation improved TMT performance (p < 0.03) compared to sham condition. Post-hoc analyses revealed a stimulation condition by negative symptom interaction in which greater negative symptoms were associated with a better TMT performance after anodal tDCS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1145-1149
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Neural Transmission
Volume124
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2017

Keywords

  • Auditory processing
  • Mismatch negativity
  • Schizophrenia
  • Tone-matching task
  • Transcranial direct current stimulation
  • tDCS

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Clinical Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Biological Psychiatry

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