Positive effects of transcranial direct current stimulation in adult patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - A pilot randomized controlled study

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• 作者：Carolina Tosetto Cachoeira^a ; ¹ ; ^{carocachoeira@gmail.com} ; Douglas Teixeira Leffa^b ; ¹ ; Suzana Doneda Mittelstadt^a ; Lorenna Sena Teixeira Mendes^a ; Andre R. Brunoni^c ; ^d ; Jairo Vinicius Pinto^f ; Ví ; tor Blazius^f ; Vitoria Machado^f ; Claiton Henrique Dotto Bau^a ; ^e ; ^g ; Luis Augusto Rohde^a ; ^f ; ^g ; ^h ; Eugenio Horacio Grevet^a ; ^f ; ^g ; Pedro Schestatsky^a ; ^b ; ⁱ
• 关键词：Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ; ADHD treatment ; Adult ADHD ; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) ; Neurostimulation
• 刊名：Psychiatry Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：247
• 期：Complete
• 页码：28-32
• 全文大小：279 K
• 卷排序：247

文摘

tDCS in adult ADHD improved significantly their symptoms. This improvement persisted after the end of the stimulation. tDCS could be an alternative treatment for patients with ADHD. This is the first pilot study to examine tDCS effects in ADHD symptoms using clinical measures.