Transcranial direct current stimulation - A new tool for human cognitive neuroscience

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-64

  Tanaka, Satoshi ^a,b   Watanabe, Katsumi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ERATO Shimojo Implicit Brain Function Project

^c National Institutes of Advanced Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuroscience; Non invasive brain stimulation; Rehabilitation; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROSCIENCE; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROSCIENCES; SAFETY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 58849090014     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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