Non-invasive brain stimulation and the autonomic nervous system

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1716-1728

  Schestatsky, Pedro ^a,b   Simis, Marcel ^b,c   Freeman, Roy ^d   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^d   Fregni, Felipe ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Medical School of Santa Casa of Sao Paulo SP   (Brazil)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Non invasive brain stimulation; Systematic review; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BULIMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA EXTRACTION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84881086020     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.03.020     Document Type: Review

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