High-Definition Transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) for auditory hallucinations in dementia-A case series

Shiva Shanker Reddy Mukku; Sowmya Selvaraj; Rujuta Parlikar; Dinakaran Damodharan; Palanimuthu T Sivakumar; Chandana Nagaraj; Sandhya Mangalore; Ganesan Venkatasubramanian; Mathew Varghese

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2018.08.013

High-Definition Transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) for auditory hallucinations in dementia-A case series

Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Oct:37:102-105. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.08.013. Epub 2018 Aug 23.

Authors

Shiva Shanker Reddy Mukku¹, Sowmya Selvaraj², Rujuta Parlikar³, Dinakaran Damodharan⁴, Palanimuthu T Sivakumar⁵, Chandana Nagaraj⁶, Sandhya Mangalore⁷, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian⁸, Mathew Varghese⁹

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric Clinic & Services, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: shivakmc55@gmail.com.
² WISER Neuromodulation Program, Department of Psychiatry & Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: sowmya.nimhans@gmail.com.
³ WISER Neuromodulation Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: rujuta@parlikar.com.
⁴ WISER Neuromodulation Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: dina.nimhans@gmail.com.
⁵ Geriatric Clinic & Services, WISER Neuromodulation Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: pts@nimhans.ac.in.
⁶ Department of Neuroimaging and interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: dr.chandana@outlook.com.
⁷ Department of Neuroimaging and interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: drsandym@gmail.com.
⁸ WISER Neuromodulation Program, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: venkat.nimhans@gmail.com.
⁹ Geriatric Clinic & Services, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India. Electronic address: mat.varg@yahoo.com.

PMID: 30172174
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.08.013

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Dementia / complications
Dementia / therapy*
Hallucinations / etiology
Hallucinations / therapy*
Humans
Male
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation / methods*