Physiological basis of transcranial direct current stimulation

Neuroscientist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-53

  Stagg, Charlotte J ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

motor learning; neocortex; physiology; synaptic plasticity; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID; AMPHETAMINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CITALOPRAM; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DOPAMINE; FLUMAZENIL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVODOPA; LORAZEPAM; NORADRENALIN; PERGOLIDE; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79952159949     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858410386614     Document Type: Review

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