Temporal profile of functional visual rehabilitative outcomes modulated by transcranial direct current stimulation

Neuromodulation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-373

  Plow, Ela B ^a,b   Obretenova, Souzana N ^a   Jackson, Mary Lou ^a   Merabet, Lotfi B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; hemianopia; rehabilitation; transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); vision restoration therapy (VRT); visual field

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; STIMULUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISION RESTORATION THERAPY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84864696872     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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