Improvement of visual scanning after DC brain polarization of parietal cortex in stroke patients with spatial neglect

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Ko, Myoung Hwan ^a   Han, Sang Hyoung ^a   Park, Sung Hee ^a   Seo, Jeong Hwan ^a   Kim, Yun Hee ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Division for Neurorehabilitation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain polarization; Hemispatial neglect; Parietal cortex; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN POLARIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIRECT CURRENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL SPATIAL NEGLECT;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; STROKE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 56249100367     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.050     Document Type: Article

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