Transcranial direct current stimulation in pediatric brain: A computational modeling study

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 859-862

  Minhas, Preet ^a   Bikson, Marom ^a   Woods, Adam J ^b   Rosen, Alyssa R ^b   Kessler, Sudha K ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT BRAIN; APPLIED CURRENT; BRAIN STIMULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CURRENT FLOWS; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH DEFINITION; KEY PARAMETERS; MODELING STUDIES; NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS; STIMULATION INTENSITY; STIMULATION PARAMETERS; STIMULUS INTENSITY; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY; TRANSCRANIAL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PEDIATRICS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

BRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881042651     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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