Cerebral blood flow modulation by transcutaneous cranial electrical stimulation with Limoge's current

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Gense de Beaufort, D ^a   Sesay, M ^a   Stinus, L ^b   Thiebaut, R ^c   Auriacombe, M ^c,d   Dousset, V ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

AMY; Brain mapping analyzer; Brain stimulation; BST; CBF; Cerebral blood flow; CIN; FMRI; FRO; HIP; ICC; INS; OM; PET; RCBF; RCT; SEM; STR; TCES; THA; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation; XeCT; Xenon CT

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMOGE CURRENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THALAMUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; XENON ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THALAMUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84863827586     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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