Treatment of chronic tinnitus with repeated sessions of prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation: Outcomes from an open-label pilot study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-333

  Frank, Elmar ^a   Schecklmann, Martin ^a   Landgrebe, Michael ^a   Burger, Julia ^a   Kreuzer, Peter ^a   Poeppl, Timm B ^a   Kleinjung, Tobias ^a,b   Hajak, Göran ^a,c   Langguth, Berthold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c District Hospital Bamberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender; Phantom perception; Prefrontal cortex; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856694523     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6189-4     Document Type: Article

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