Treatment of Memory Disorders in Gulf War Illness with High-Definition Transcranial Direct Cortical Stimulation

Abstract

The present study consists of the application of 1 ma anodal HD tDCS over the preSMA for 20 minutes a session for 10 sessions over a two week period. The treatment is hypothesized to lead to improvement in verbal retrieval, detectable in both performance measures of verbal retrieval tasks and in ERP markers of verbal retrieval processing. Our objective is to determine if 10 sessions of 1 ma anodal HD tDCS to the preSMA for 20 minutes a session are an effective treatment for verbal retrieval deficits in GWI. We have established the research team, laboratory setting, obtained approval of all regulatory documents for the study, and established recruiting procedures. In the first half of the year, we screened 8 veterans and enrolled 5 in the baseline testing and treatment phase of the study. We were required to halt in person human subject research for the second half of the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1119500

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  • John Hart

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Dallas

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  • Biomedical

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  • Biomedical Research
  • Covid-19
  • Data Analysis
  • Direct Current
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electronic Mail
  • Health
  • Memory Disorders
  • Patent Applications
  • Periodicals
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Personnel Management
  • Professional Development
  • Recruiting
  • Social Media
  • Students
  • Technology Transfer

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  • Psychology

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  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Neuroscience