Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the motor cortex increases sympathetic nerve activity

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-104

  Clancy, Jennifer A ^a   Johnson, Robyn ^a   Raw, Rachael ^a   Deuchars, Susan A ^a   Deuchars, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Microneurography; Sympathetic nerve activity; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; ELECTRODE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NEUROGRAPHY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (TDCS);

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891830790     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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