Functional improvement and neuroplastic effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) delivered 1 day vs. 1 week after cerebral ischemia in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1452, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-72

  Yoon, Kyung Jae ^a   Oh, Byung Mo ^b   Kim, Dae Yul ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Optimal time window; Plasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROMODULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862801744     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.02.062     Document Type: Article

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