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Lead
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Age
65–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Both sexes
Age over 65 years old
Who give written informed consent
Patients with a diagnosis compatible with mild dementia according to NINCDS-ADRDA (National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke-Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, 1984) criteria.
CDR 1
Preserved or corrected ability to see and hear
Have a formal or informal caregiver
You may not be if
Clinical diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease other than mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease
Present an uncontrolled medical condition at the time of the assessment for admission to the protocol (diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, hypothyroidism, uncontrolled renal or hepatic insufficiency).
Diagnosis of major depression and/or some other untreated psychiatric illness (calculated with GDS)
Excessive alcohol use
Current or recent (6 months) use of any neurostimulation methods
Metal implants excluding dental
Signs or symptoms of increased intracranial pressure
History of having received electroconvulsive therapy.
Suffering from epilepsy.
Having a deep brain stimulator implanted.
Having any metallic prosthesis in the head.
Having a pacemaker
Extensive tattoos
Taking any of the following medications:
Tricyclic antidepressants such as: imipramine, amitriptyline, doxepin, nostriptyline, matroptyline.
Antivirals such as: foscarnet, ganciclovir, ritonavir, dissociative anesthetics such as: phencyclidine, ketamine, γ-hydroxybutyrate
Other stimulant drugs such as: amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy)
