Effects of anodal TDCS stimulation of left parietal cortex on visual spatial attention tasks in men and women across menstrual cycle

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 574, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-25

  de Tommaso, M ^a   Invitto, S ^a   Ricci, K ^c   Lucchese, V ^c   Delussi, M ^a   Quattromini, P ^b   Bettocchi, S ^b   Pinto, V ^a,b,c   Lancioni, G ^a   Livrea, P ^a,b,c   Cicinelli, E ^b  

^a Medical Basic Neuroscience and Sensory System Department (SMBNOS)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Functional cerebral asymmetry; Gender; Hormonal fluctuations; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARIETAL LOBE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL PROCESSING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901595777     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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