Transcranial electrical stimulation: Significance of fast versus slow charge delivery for intra-operative monitoring

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1532-1535

  Hausmann, Oliver N ^a   Min, Kan ^a   Boos, Norbert ^a   Ruetsch, Yvan A ^a   Erni, Thomas ^a   Curt, Armin ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intra operative monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Spine surgery; Transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0036801251     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00213-4     Document Type: Article

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