TDCS polarity effects in motor and cognitive domains: A meta-analytical review

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Jacobson, Liron ^a   Koslowsky, Meni ^a   Lavidor, Michal ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Meta analysis; Motor; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTRODE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

BIOPHYSICS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84856258631     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2891-9     Document Type: Review

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