Different current intensities of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation do not differentially modulate motor cortex plasticity

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kidgell, Dawson J ^a   Daly, Robin M ^a   Young, Kayleigh ^a   Lum, Jarrod ^b   Tooley, Gregory ^b   Jaberzadeh, Shapour ^c   Zoghi, Maryam ^a   Pearce, Alan J ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WRIST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876568961     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/603502     Document Type: Article

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