Optimization of multifocal transcranial current stimulation for weighted cortical pattern targeting from realistic modeling of electric fields

NeuroImage

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-225

  Ruffini, Giulio ^a,b   Fox, Michael D ^c,d   Ripolles, Oscar ^b   Miranda, Pedro Cavaleiro ^b,e   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^d,f  

^a Starlab Barcelona   (Spain)

^b Neuroelectrics Barcelona   (Spain)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^f University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electric fields; FMRI; Human head model; Multifocal stimulation; NIBS; PET; Rs fcMRI; TACS; Targeted stimulation; TCS; TDCS; TES; Transcranial alternating current stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL POPULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MULTIFOCAL TRANSCRANIAL CURRENT STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; BRAIN CELL; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FMRI; HUMAN HEAD MODEL; MULTIFOCAL STIMULATION; NIBS; PET; RS-FCMRI; TACS; TARGETED STIMULATION; TCS; TDCS; TES; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 84892836268     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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