Effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on cortical activity: A computational modeling study

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-39

  Molaee Ardekani, Behnam ^a,b   Márquez Ruiz, Javier ^c   Merlet, Isabelle ^a,b   Leal Campanario, Rocio ^c   Gruart, Agnès ^c   Sánchez Campusano, Raudel ^c   Birot, Gwenael ^a,b   Ruffini, Giulio ^d   Delgado García, José Maria ^c   Wendling, Fabrice ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^d Starlab   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational model; Evoked potentials; Interneurons; Pyramidal cells; Rabbit; Somatosensory cortex; tDCS

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GEOMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; RABBITS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84872385114     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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