Variability in response to transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 468-475

  Wiethoff, Sarah ^a   Hamada, Masashi ^a,b   Rothwell, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facilitation; I waves; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TENSION HEADACHE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899905955     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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