Transcranial electrical stimulation (tES - tDCS; tRNS, tACS) methods

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 602-617

  Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a Abt Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Rehabilitation; Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS); Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 81255210685     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2011.557292     Document Type: Article

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