Computational models of transcranial direct current stimulation

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-183

  Bikson, Marom ^a   Rahman, Asif ^a   Datta, Abhishek ^a,b  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

computer model; current density; current flow; electric field; FEM; forward model; tDCS; transcranial electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING UNIT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84868602949     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1550059412445138     Document Type: Article

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