Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation/transcranial direct current stimulation in cognitive neurorehabilitation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-336

  Miniussi, Carlo ^a   Cappa, Stefano F ^b   Cohen, Leonardo G ^c   Floel, Agnes ^d   Fregni, Felipe ^e   Nitsche, Michael A ^f   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^g   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^e   Paulus, Walter ^f   Priori, Alberto ^h   Walsh, Vincent ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive deficits; cognitive rehabilitation; language; memory; repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DIRECT CURRENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALADJUSTMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56349111273     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.07.002     Document Type: Review

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