Transcranial direct current stimulation: A computer-based human model study

NeuroImage

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1113-1124

  Wagner, Tim ^a,b,c   Fregni, Felipe ^a   Fecteau, Shirley ^a   Grodzinsky, Alan ^b,d   Zahn, Markus ^b   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain polarization; Brain stimulation; Finite element model; MRI; Neuro model; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33947714465     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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