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Low-frequency rTMS in the superior parietal cortex affects the working memory in horizontal axis during the spatial task performance

Authors: Jéssica Alves Ribeiro, Francisco Victor Costa Marinho, Kaline Rocha, Francisco Magalhães, Abrahão Fontes Baptista, Bruna Velasques, Pedro Ribeiro, Mauricio Cagy, Victor Hugo Bastos, Daya Gupta, Silmar Teixeira

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 3/2018

Abstract

Spatial working memory has been extensively investigated with different tasks, treatments, and analysis tools. Several studies suggest that low frequency of the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied to the parietal cortex may influence spatial working memory (SWM). However, it is not yet known if after low-frequency rTMS applied to the superior parietal cortex, according to Pz electroencephalography (EEG) electrode, would change the orientation interpretation about the vertical and horizontal axes coordinates in an SWM task. The current study aims at filling this gap and obtains a better understanding of the low-frequency rTMS effect in SWM. In this crossover study, we select 20 healthy subjects in two conditions (control and 1-Hz rTMS). The subjects performed an SWM task with two random coordinates. Our results presented that low-frequency rTMS applied over the superior parietal cortex may influence the SWM to lead to a larger distance of axes interception point (p < 0.05). We conclude that low-frequency rTMS over the superior parietal cortex (SPC) changes the SWM performance, and it has more predominance in horizontal axis.

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Title: Low-frequency rTMS in the superior parietal cortex affects the working memory in horizontal axis during the spatial task performance
Authors: Jéssica Alves Ribeiro
Francisco Victor Costa Marinho
Kaline Rocha
Francisco Magalhães
Abrahão Fontes Baptista
Bruna Velasques
Pedro Ribeiro
Mauricio Cagy
Victor Hugo Bastos
Daya Gupta
Silmar Teixeira
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3243-8

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