Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the visual cortex in the prophylactic treatment of migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 820-828

  Antal, Andrea ^a   Kriener, Naomi ^a   Lang, Nicolas ^b   Boros, Klara ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cathodal; migraine; pain; tDCS; V1

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054113132     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102411399349     Document Type: Article

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