The "quasi-uniform" assumption in animal and computational models of non-invasive electrical stimulation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 704-705

  Bikson, Marom ^a   Dmochowski, Jacek ^a   Rahman, Asif ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROMODULATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL STIMULATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879920633     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.11.005     Document Type: Letter

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