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Polarity-dependent cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation modulates online functions of the alerting attention network

Aysha N. Kinakool and Turki S. Abualait
Neurosciences Journal October 2021, 26 (4) 323-330; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.4.20210013
Aysha N. Kinakool
From the Department of Physical Therapy (Kinakool, Abualait), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Psychology (Kinakool), York University, Toronto, Canada.
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Turki S. Abualait
From the Department of Physical Therapy (Kinakool, Abualait), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Psychology (Kinakool), York University, Toronto, Canada.
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    - Illustration of vigilance task for assessment of the alerting network of attention (a). Posner’s attention task for assessment of the orienting network of attention (b). Flanker task for assessment of the network of executive control (c).

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    - Graph representing mean reaction times of the cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (ctDCS) groups for vigilance task; **p<0.01; *p<0.05.

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    - Graph representing reaction times of anode, cathode and sham groups for valid cues RT, invalid cues RT and neutral cues RT of Posner’s spatial orienting task; **p<0.01; *p<0.05.

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    Anode ctDCSCathode ctDCSSham ctDCS
    Age (mean±SD) years28.3±6.1229.1±7.3427.65±6.61
    Female gender n (%)10 (50)10 (50)10 (50)
    Laterality right-handed n (%)17 (85)18 (90)18 (90)
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