Modulation of event-related desynchronization during motor imagery with transcranial direct current stimulation in a patient with severe hemiparetic stroke: A case report

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 114-118

  Tohyama, Takamichi ^a   Fujiwara, Toshiyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Jun ^a   Honaga, Kaoru ^a   Ushiba, Junichi ^a   Tsuji, Tetsuya ^a   Hase, Kimitaka ^a   Liu, Meigen ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain machine interface; Cortical excitability; Electroencephalogram; Noninvasive brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGERY; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RATING SCALE; SENSATION; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROIMAGING; PARESIS;

EID: 84856889055     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: 18801293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.60.114     Document Type: Article

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