Both the cutaneous sensation and phosphene perception are modulated in a frequency-specific manner during transcranial alternating current stimulation

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-285

  Turi, Zsolt ^a   Ambrus, G G ^a   Janacsek, K ^a,b   Emmert, K ^a   Hahn, L ^a   Paulus, W ^a   Antal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cutaneous sensation; Motor cortex; Oscillatory current; Phosphene perception; Procedural sensations; Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tacs)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SKIN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PHOSPHENES; SENSATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878992691     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-120297     Document Type: Article

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