Using transcranial electrical stimulation to enhance cognitive functions in the typical and atypical brain

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-33

  Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain stimulation; Cognitive enhancement; Development; Neuroethics; TACS; TDCS; TRNS

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84874820806     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13380-013-0104-7     Document Type: Review

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