Onsite-effects of dual-hemisphere versus conventional single-hemisphere transcranial direct current stimulation: A functional MRI study

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 1889-1894

  Kwon, Yong Hyun ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Yeungnam College of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical activation; Dual hemispheric stimulation; Functional MRI; Neural regeneration; Neuroimaging; Primary sensorimotor cortex; Regeneration; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877348467     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374     Document Type: Article

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