Noninvasive brain stimulation: From physiology to network dynamics and back

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 838-844

  Dayan, Eran ^a   Censor, Nitzan ^a   Buch, Ethan R ^a,b   Sandrini, Marco ^a,b   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84879684058     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3422     Document Type: Review

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