Inconsistent outcomes of transcranial direct current stimulation may originate from anatomical differences among individuals: Electric field simulation using individual MRI data

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 564, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-10

  Kim, Jung Hoon ^a   Kim, Do Won ^a   Chang, Won Hyuk ^b   Kim, Yun Hee ^b   Kim, Kiwoong ^c   Im, Chang Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC); Finite element method; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); Working memory task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894485526     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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