Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory

Network-level synchronization of theta oscillations in the cerebral cortex is linked to many vital cognitive functions across daily life, such as executive functions or regulation of arousal and consciousness. However, while neuroimaging has uncovered the ubiquitous functional relevance of theta rhy...

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Autores principales: Tiam Hosseinian, Fatemeh Yavari, Min-Fang Kuo, Michael A. Nitsche, Asif Jamil
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c63e33f9cda54ee99f8e5edac22a8c542021-12-04T04:33:18ZPhase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory1095-957210.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118772https://doaj.org/article/c63e33f9cda54ee99f8e5edac22a8c542021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811921010442https://doaj.org/toc/1095-9572Network-level synchronization of theta oscillations in the cerebral cortex is linked to many vital cognitive functions across daily life, such as executive functions or regulation of arousal and consciousness. However, while neuroimaging has uncovered the ubiquitous functional relevance of theta rhythms in cognition, there remains a limited set of techniques for externally enhancing and stabilizing theta in the human brain non-invasively. Here, we developed and employed a new phase-synchronized low-intensity electric and magnetic stimulation technique to induce and stabilize narrowband 6-Hz theta oscillations in a group of healthy human adult participants, and then demonstrated how this technique also enhances cognitive processing by assaying working memory. Our findings demonstrate a technological advancement of brain stimulation methods, while also validating the causal link between theta activity and concurrent cognitive behavior, which may ultimately help to not only explain mechanisms, but offer perspectives for restoring deficient theta-band network activity observed in neuropsychiatric diseases.Tiam HosseinianFatemeh YavariMin-Fang KuoMichael A. NitscheAsif JamilElsevierarticlerTMStACSThetaWorking memoryPrefrontal cortexOscillationsNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENNeuroImage, Vol 245, Iss , Pp 118772- (2021)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic rTMS
tACS
Theta
Working memory
Prefrontal cortex
Oscillations
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle rTMS
tACS
Theta
Working memory
Prefrontal cortex
Oscillations
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Tiam Hosseinian
Fatemeh Yavari
Min-Fang Kuo
Michael A. Nitsche
Asif Jamil
Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory
description Network-level synchronization of theta oscillations in the cerebral cortex is linked to many vital cognitive functions across daily life, such as executive functions or regulation of arousal and consciousness. However, while neuroimaging has uncovered the ubiquitous functional relevance of theta rhythms in cognition, there remains a limited set of techniques for externally enhancing and stabilizing theta in the human brain non-invasively. Here, we developed and employed a new phase-synchronized low-intensity electric and magnetic stimulation technique to induce and stabilize narrowband 6-Hz theta oscillations in a group of healthy human adult participants, and then demonstrated how this technique also enhances cognitive processing by assaying working memory. Our findings demonstrate a technological advancement of brain stimulation methods, while also validating the causal link between theta activity and concurrent cognitive behavior, which may ultimately help to not only explain mechanisms, but offer perspectives for restoring deficient theta-band network activity observed in neuropsychiatric diseases.
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author Tiam Hosseinian
Fatemeh Yavari
Min-Fang Kuo
Michael A. Nitsche
Asif Jamil
author_facet Tiam Hosseinian
Fatemeh Yavari
Min-Fang Kuo
Michael A. Nitsche
Asif Jamil
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title Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory
title_short Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory
title_full Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory
title_fullStr Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory
title_full_unstemmed Phase synchronized 6 Hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory
title_sort phase synchronized 6 hz transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation boosts frontal theta activity and enhances working memory
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/c63e33f9cda54ee99f8e5edac22a8c54
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