Shaping the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation of the human motor cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3109-3117

  Nitsche, M A ^a   Doemkes, S ^a   Karakose T ^a   Antal, A ^a   Liebetanz, D ^a   Lang, N ^a   Tergau, F ^a   Paulus, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34147162167     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01312.2006     Document Type: Article

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