Activation of inhibition: Diminishing impulsive behavior by direct current stimulation over the inferior frontal gyrus

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3380-3387

  Jacobson, Liron ^a   Javitt, Daniel C ^b   Lavidor, Michal ^a,c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMPULSIVENESS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPONSE INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 80053479081     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00020     Document Type: Article

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