Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Enhances Recovery of Stereopsis in Adults With Amblyopia

Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 831-839

  Spiegel, Daniel P ^a,b   Li, Jinrong ^a   Hess, Robert F ^c   Byblow, Winston D ^b   Deng, Daming ^a   Yu, Minbin ^a   Thompson, Benjamin ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Inhibition; Plasticity; Stereopsis; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL ELECTRODE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTRIC PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SKIN TINGLING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO GAMES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84886292984     PISSN: 19337213     EISSN: 18787479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13311-013-0200-y     Document Type: Article

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