The fade-in - Short stimulation - Fade out approach to sham tDCS - Reliable at 1 mA for naïve and experienced subjects, but not investigators

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-504

  Ambrus, Géza Gergely ^a   Al Moyed, Hanan ^a   Chaieb, Leila ^a   Sarp, Lena ^a   Antal, Andrea ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous perception; Motor cortex; Sham stimulation; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSATION; SHAM PROCEDURE; SOMNOLENCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PLACEBOS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867575796     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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