Transcranial DC stimulation in fibromyalgia: Optimized cortical target supported by high-resolution computational models

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 610-617

  Mendonca, Mariana E ^a,d   Santana, Marcus B ^a,d   Baptista, Abrahão F ^a,b   Datta, Abhishek ^c   Bikson, Marom ^c   Fregni, Felipe ^d   Araujo, Cintia P ^a  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c City University of New York   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chronic pain; electrode montage; fibromyalgia; finite element modeling; MRI human head model; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; ORBIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKULL; TEMPORAL BONE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955579223     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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