Fundamentals of transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation dose: Definition, selection, and reporting practices

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-453

  Peterchev, Angel V ^a,b   Wagner, Timothy A ^c,d   Miranda, Pedro C ^e   Nitsche, Michael A ^f   Paulus, Walter ^f   Lisanby, Sarah H ^a,g   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^h   Bikson, Marom ⁱ  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Highland Instruments   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

dose; electric; magnetic; stimulation; transcranial

Indexed keywords

DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GENERATOR; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALP; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WAVEFORM GENERATOR;

BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84867578044     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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