Recovery from tactile agnosia: a single case study. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: D'Imperio, Daniela; Avesani, Renato; Rossato, Elena; Aganetto, Serena; Scandola, Michele; Moro, Valentina
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 26:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 18
• Page End: 28
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Tactile agnosia -- tDCS -- parietal lobe -- somatosensory deficits -- object identification -- tactile discrimination; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2019.1694951
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In a patient suffering from tactile agnosia a comparison was made (using the ABABAB paradigm) between three blocks of neuropsychological rehabilitation sessions involving off-line anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (anodal-tDCS) and three blocks of rehabilitation sessions without tDCS. During the blocks with anodal-tDCS, the stimulation was administered in counterbalanced order to two sites: i) the perilesional parietal area (specific stimulation) and ii) an occipital area far from the lesion (nonspecific stimulation). Rehabilitation associated with anodal-tDCS (in particular in the perilesional areas) is more efficacious than without stimulation.