Computational modeling of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in obesity: Impact of head fat and dose guidelines

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 759-766

  Truong, Dennis Q ^a   Magerowski, Greta ^b   Blackburn, George L ^b   Bikson, Marom ^a   Alonso Alonso, Miguel ^b  

^a City College of New York   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Finite element modeling; Head fat; Obesity; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84879357075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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