When size matters: Large electrodes induce greater stimulation-related cutaneous discomfort than smaller electrodes at equivalent current density

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 460-467

  Turi, Zsolt ^a   Ambrus, Géza Gergely ^a   Ho, Kerrie Anne ^a,b   Sengupta, Titas ^a,c   Paulus, Walter ^a   Antal, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

Cutaneous discomfort; Electrode size; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT INTENSITY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MALE; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SKIN; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SENSATION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899899234     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.01.059     Document Type: Article

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