Investigating the role of current strength in tdcs modulation of working memory performance in healthy controls

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2011, Pages

  Teo, Florence ^a   Hoy, Kate E ^a   Daskalakis, Zafir ^b   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84864702617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2011.00045     Document Type: Article

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