Transcranial direct current stimulation of the frontal eye fields during pro- and antisaccade tasks

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Kanai, Ryota ^a   Muggleton, Neil ^a   Walsh, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisaccade; Frontal eyefield; Saccade; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84866878126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00045     Document Type: Article

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