Modeling the current distribution during transcranial direct current stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1623-1629

  Miranda, Pedro Cavaleiro ^a   Lomarev, Mikhail ^b   Hallett, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

Direct current; Electric; Motor cortex; Polarization; Stimulation; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCULATION; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MODEL; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 33745386477     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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