Combining transcranial direct current stimulation and neuroimaging: Novel insights in understanding neuroplasticity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Venkatakrishnan, Anusha ^a,b,c   Sandrini, Marco ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroen cephalography; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Graph theory; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84255167401     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00557.2011     Document Type: Article

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