Does the longer application of anodal-transcranial direct current stimulation increase corticomotor excitability further? A pilot study

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 28-35

  Jaberzadeh, Shapour ^a   Bastani, Andisheh ^a   Kidgell, Dawson ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticomotor Excitability; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS); Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICOMOTOR EXCITABILITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873474317     PISSN: 2008126X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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