Short duration transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulates verbal memory

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-474

  Javadi, Amir Homayoun ^a,b   Cheng, Paul ^c   Walsh, Vincent ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; electrical brain stimulation; memory; transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH;

EID: 84867582894     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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