Clinical research with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): Challenges and future directions

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-195

  Brunoni, Andre Russowsky ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^b   Bolognini, Nadia ^c,d   Bikson, Marom ^e   Wagner, Tim ^f   Merabet, Lotfi ^g   Edwards, Dylan J ^h   Valero Cabre, Antoni ⁱ   Rotenberg, Alexander ^j   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^j   Ferrucci, Roberta ^k   Priori, Alberto ^k   Boggio, Paulo Sergio ^l   Fregni, Felipe ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^e CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^l Center for Health and Biological Sciences   (Brazil)

^m and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

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Author keywords

brain stimulation; clinical research; medical devices; neuropsychiatry; physical medicine; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FLUNARIZINE; LEVODOPA; LORAZEPAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PERGOLIDE; RIVASTIGMINE; SULPIRIDE;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ETHICS; EXCITABILITY; FATIGUE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TINGLING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84864279859     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.03.002     Document Type: Review

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