Non-invasive brain stimulation for the management of arterial hypertension

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 332-336

  Cogiamanian, F ^a,b   Brunoni, A R ^c   Boggio, P S ^d   Fregni, F ^e   Ciocca, M ^a,b   Priori, A ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Center for Health and Biological Sciences   (Brazil)

^e and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BRAIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72649091161     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.08.037     Document Type: Article

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