Priming the brain to learn: The future of therapy?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-186

  Schabrun, Siobhan M ^a   Chipchase, Lucinda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical neuroplasticity; Non invasive brain stimulation; Peripheral electrical stimulation; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEARNING; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; PERIPHERAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84856976691     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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