Cutaneous perception during tDCS: Role of electrode shape and sponge salinity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 637-638

  Minhas, Preet ^a   Datta, Abhishek ^a   Bikson, Marom ^a  

^a City College of the City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Current concentration; Electrode shape; Perception; Sponge salinity; TDCS

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SKIN; SURGICAL SPONGE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79952311305     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.09.023     Document Type: Editorial

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