Combining transcranial electrical stimulation with electroencephalography: A multimodal approach

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-191

  Miniussi, Carlo ^a,b   Brignani, Debora ^b   Pellicciari, Maria C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

co registration; electroencephalography (EEG); functional imaging; multimodal imaging; noninvasive brain stimulation; tACS; tDCS; TMS evoked potential (TEP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; OSCILLATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84868607134     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1550059412444976     Document Type: Article

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