Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Professor Carlo Miniussi, University of Brescia and IRCCS Centro San Giovanni di Dio, Brescia, Italy

This Special Issues includes state-of-the art reviews, written by research leaders, of Non-Invasive Brain-Stimulation (NIBS) techniques for the cognitive rehabilitation of disorders of memory, language, perception, attention and executive functions. Enhancing cognitive functions and the effects of concurrent cognitive rehabilitation through NIBS is a promising field for translational and clinical research. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), and transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES), modulate behaviour through effects on neural excitability, and plasticity. tES is a low-cost and safe method, that can be used in a variety of conditions, both in the hospital and home-based. The Special Issue is a highly recommended reading for neurologists and psychologists.

C. Miniussi & G. Vallar, Brain Stimulation and Behavioural Cognitive Rehabilitation: a New Tool for Neurorehabilitation? A Foreword. G. Berlucchi, Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Neurorehabilitation. C. Miniussi, P.M Rossini, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cognitive Rehabilitation. W. Paulus, Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES - tDCS; tRNS, tACS) Methods. G. Vallar, N. Bolognini, Behavioural Facilitation Following Brain Stimulation: Implications for Neurorehabilitation. S.Tanaka, M. Sandrini, L.G. Cohen, Modulation of Motor Learning and Memory Formation by Non-invasive Cortical Stimulation of the Pimary Motor Cotex. M.D. Hesse, R. Sparing, G.R., Fink, Ameliorating Spatial Neglect with Non-invasive Bain Stimulation: From Pathophysiological Concepts to Novel Treatment Strategies. P.S. Boggio, C.A.Valasek, C. Campanhã, A.C.A. Giglio, N.I. Baptista, O.M. Lapenta, F. Fregni, Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Assess and Modulate Neuroplasticity in Alzheimer¿s Disease. M. Cotelli, A. Fertonani, A. Miozzo, S. Rosini, R. Manenti, A. Padovani, A.I. Ansaldo, S.F Cappa, C. Miniussi, Anomia Training and Brain Stimulation in Chronic Aphasia. S.F. Cappa, The Neural Basis of Aphasia Rehabilitation: Evidence from Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation. D.T. Stuss, The Future of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation.