Effects of dual transcranial direct current stimulation on post-stroke unilateral visuospatial neglect

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 554, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-98

  Sunwoo, Hyuk ^a   Kim, Yun Hee ^a   Chang, Won Hyuk ^a   Noh, Soojin ^a   Kim, Eun Jin ^b   Ko, Myoung Hwan ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Armed Forces Capital Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Unilateral visuospatial neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; UNILATERAL VISUOSPATIAL NEGLECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; STROKE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884715775     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.08.064     Document Type: Article

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