Transcranial direct current stimulation reduces the cost of performing a cognitive task on gait and postural control

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1343-1348

  Zhou, Junhong ^a   Hao, Ying ^a,b   Wang, Ye ^a   Jor'dan, Azizah ^b,c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b,c   Zhang, Jue ^a   Fang, Jing ^a   Manor, Brad ^b,c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Hebrew Senior Life Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Dual task; Human; Noninvasive; Standing; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WALKING SPEED; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899064411     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12492     Document Type: Article

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