Repeated sessions of noninvasive brain DC stimulation is associated with motor function improvement in stroke patients

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-129

  Boggio, Paulo S ^a,b   Nunes, Alice ^a   Rigonatti, Sergio P ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^d,e   Fregni, Felipe ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain DC polarization; Rehabilitation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548086809     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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