Polarizing cerebellar neurons with transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-438

  Rahman, Asif ^a   Toshev, Peter K ^a   Bikson, Marom ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 84894383053     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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