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, maintained approval of all regulatory documents for the study, and established recruiting procedures. We have recruited 77 subjects for the study and enrolled 27 out of 80 subjects. Twenty-one subjects have completed treatment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1190907

Entities

People

  • John Jr Hart

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Dallas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Covid-19
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Direct Current
  • Diseases
  • Information Operations
  • Maryland
  • Memory Disorders
  • Patent Applications
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Professional Development
  • Recruiting
  • Social Media
  • Students
  • Technology Transfer
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Electrochemical Surface Science
  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.