No effect of DC brain polarization on verbal fluency in patients with advanced frontotemporal dementia

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1417-1418

  Huey, Edward D ^a   Probasco, John C ^a   Moll, Jorge ^a   Stocking, Jonathan ^a   Ko, Myoung Hwan ^a,b   Grafman, Jordan ^a   Wassermann, Eric M ^a  

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

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MEMANTINE;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLUENCY DISORDER; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LETTER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; POLARIZATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34248561015     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.02.026     Document Type: Letter

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