Transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation: Technique and paradigms

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 329-342

  Paulus, Walter ^a   Peterchev, Angel V ^b   Ridding, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS); Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES); Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION (TACS); TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (TDCS); TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (TES); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS); TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION (TRNS);

TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION (TACS); TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (TDCS); TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (TES); TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS); TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION (TRNS);

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84885109505     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53497-2.00027-9     Document Type: Chapter

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