Anodal transcranial pulsed current stimulation: A novel technique to enhance corticospinal excitability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-351

  Jaberzadeh, Shapour ^a   Bastani, Andisheh ^a   Zoghi, Maryam ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticospinal excitability; Neuroplasticity; Non invasive brain stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial pulsed current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL PULSED CURRENT STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BURNING SENSATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SKIN TINGLING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPLASTICITY; NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL PULSED CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892477179     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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