Transcranial alternating current stimulation reduces symptoms in intractable idiopathic cervical dystonia: A case study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 533, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-43

  Angelakis, E ^a   Liouta, E ^a   Andreadis, N ^a   Leonardos, A ^a   Ktonas, P ^a   Stavrinou, L C ^a   Miranda, P C ^b   Mekonnen, A ^b   Sakas, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Motor cortex; Movement disorders; Spasmodic torticollis; TACS; TDCS

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACTABLE IDIOPATHIC CERVICAL DYSTONIA; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 84871707912     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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