Effects of 10Hz and 20Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on motor functions and motor cortical excitability

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Wach, C ^a,b   Krause, V ^a   Moliadze, V ^c   Paulus, W ^d   Schnitzler, A ^a,b   Pollok, B ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor cortical excitability; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL SILENT PERIOD; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871504763     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.11.038     Document Type: Article

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