Non-invasive alternating current stimulation induces recovery from stroke

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 825-833

  Fedorov, Anton ^a   Chibisova, Yulia ^b   Szymaszek, Aneta ^a,c   Alexandrov, Mikhail ^b   Gall, Carolin ^a   Sabel, Bernhard A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NORTH WESTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER I I MECHNIKOV   (Russian Federation)

^c NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

alternating current stimulation; aphasia; recovery; restoration; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BACLOFEN; CHOLINE ALFOSCERATE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FLUOXETINE; NICERGOLINE; PIRACETAM; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; VINPOCETINE;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; APHASIA; ASPIRIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650280233     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2010-0580     Document Type: Article

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