Safety and cognitive effect of frontal DC brain polarization in healthy individuals

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 872-875

  Iyer, M B ^a   Mattu, U ^a   Grafman, J ^a   Lomarev, M ^a   Sato, S ^a   Wassermann, E M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MSC 1430 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANODAL DIRECT CURRENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CATHODAL DIRECT CURRENT; COGNITION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 14744277607     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000152986.07469.E9     Document Type: Article

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