Non-invasive brain stimulation to assess and modulate neuroplasticity in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-716

  Boggio, Paulo Sérgio ^a   Valasek, Claudia Aparecida ^a   Campanhã, Camila ^a   Giglio, Ana Carolina Alem ^a   Baptista, Nathalia Ishikawa ^a   Lapenta, Olivia Morgan ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; TDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81255146503     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2011.617943     Document Type: Article

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