Tracking the neuroplastic changes associated with transcranial direct current stimulation: A push for multimodal imaging

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Hunter, Michael A ^a,b,c,d   Coffman, Brian A ^a,b,c   Trumbo, Michael C ^a,b,c   Clark, Vincent P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

^d New Mexico VA Healthcare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); Multimodal Imaging; Neuroplasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OSCILLATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SECOND MESSENGER; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84884698414     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00495     Document Type: Article

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