Safety limits of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation in rats

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1161-1167

  Liebetanz, David ^a   Koch, Reinhard ^a   Mayenfels, Susanne ^a   König, Fatima ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortex stimulation; Neuroplasticity; Rat brain; tDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CATHODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; DIRECT CURRENT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349178853     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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