Enhancing Working Memory in Patients With Early Alzheimer's Disease Through the Use of rTMS

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

36

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 14, 2016

Primary Completion Date

October 10, 2018

Study Completion Date

October 10, 2018

Conditions
Alzheimer's Disease
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Active treatment will be delivered at 90% resting motor threshold intensity. Stimulation will be administered at 20 Hz with 25 stimulation trains of 30 stimuli each with an inter-train interval of 30 sec. Treatment will be applied in sequential order bilaterally to the left and right DLPFC.

PROCEDURE

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - Sham

Same stimulation parameters and site as active condition will be used, but with placebo coil which will have minimal direct brain effects

Trial Locations (1)

M6J 1H1

Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

OTHER

collaborator

University of Toronto

OTHER

lead

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

OTHER