Feeling the heat: The electrode-skin interface during DCS

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-100

  Lagopoulos, Jim ^a,b,c   Degabriele, Racheal ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRODE; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 41049112357     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2008.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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