Shaping the optimal repetition interval for cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1735-1740

  Monte Silva, Katia ^a   Kuo, Min Fang ^a   Liebetanz, David ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951210746     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00924.2009     Document Type: Article

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