A pilot study of the tolerability and effects of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) on pain perception

Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-120

  Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^a   Bikson, Marom ^b   Frohman, Heather ^a   Reeves, Scott T ^a   Datta, Abhishek ^b   Bansal, Varun ^b   Madan, Alok ^a   Barth, Kelly ^a   George, Mark S ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b City University of New York   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electrical brain stimulation; HD tDCS; MCS; pain; tDCS; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856419483     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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