Chapter 27 Modulation of cortical excitability by weak direct current stimulation - technical, safety and functional aspects

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 56, Issue C, 2003, Pages 255-276

  Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Liebetanz, David ^a   Antal, Andrea ^a   Lang, Nicolas ^a   Tergau, Frithjof ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0942263512     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70230-2     Document Type: Article

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