TDCS-enhanced motor and cognitive function in neurological diseases

NeuroImage

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 934-947

  Flöel, Agnes ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aphasia; Dystonia; Epilepsy; Motor paresis; Neglect; Non invasive brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEGLECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POST STROKE REHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SEIZURE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; APHASIA; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; MOTOR PARESIS; NEGLECT; NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION; PARKINSON'S DISEASE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84889651540     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.05.098     Document Type: Review

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