Entrainment of brain oscillations by transcranial alternating current stimulation

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 333-339

  Helfrich, Randolph F ^a   Schneider, Till R ^a   Rach, Stefan ^b   Trautmann Lengsfeld, Sina A ^a   Engel, Andreas K ^a   Herrmann, Christoph S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISION;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84895069994     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.041     Document Type: Article

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