Frequency specific modulation of human somatosensory: Cortex

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages

  Feurra, Matteo ^a,b   Paulus, Walter ^c   Walsh, Vincent ^a   Kanai, Ryota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequencies; Somatosensory cortex; tACS; Tactile

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960728474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00013     Document Type: Article

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