Non-invasive brain stimulation and language processing in the healthy brain

Aphasiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1082-1102

  Flöel, Agnes ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Learning; tDCS; TMS; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84865821750     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2011.589892     Document Type: Review

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