Behavioral effects of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) induced dorsolateral prefrontal cortex plasticity in alcohol dependence

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 493-502

  da Silva, Morgana Croce ^a   Conti, Catarine Lima ^a   Klauss, Jaisa ^a   Alves, Luana Gaburro ^a   do Nascimento Cavalcante, Henrique Mineiro ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b,c   Nitsche, Michael A ^d   Nakamura Palacios, Ester Miyuki ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholics; Anodal tDCS; EEG; Event related potential; LORETA; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL URGE QUESTIONNAIRE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD CHANGE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DRINKING SCALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLICS; ANODAL TDCS; EEG; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL; LORETA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888025647     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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