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Cranial electrostimulation (CES) in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease
E J A Scherder1, J B Deijen, S H Vreeswijk
1Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. eja.scherder@psy.vu.nl
Behavioural Brain Research
|February 14, 2002
Abstract:
In one study, behavioral disorders of patients with vascular dementia reacted positively to cranial electrostimulation (CES). In the present study, it was examined whether CES could improve cognition and (affective) behavior in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). Eighteen AD patients, divided into an experimental and a placebo group, were treated for 30 min per day, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. No improvements in cognition and (affective) behavior were found after CES.