Understanding tDCS effects in schizophrenia: A systematic review of clinical data and an integrated computation modeling analysis

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 383-394

  Brunoni, Andre R ^a   Shiozawa, Pedro ^b   Truong, Dennis ^c   Javitt, Daniel C ^d   Elkis, Hélio ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^e   Bikson, Marom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c City University of New York   (United States)

^d Laboratory of Clinical Neuromodulation Santa Casa Medical School ^*  (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Computer based modeling; Non invasive brain stimulation; Schizophrenia; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CATHODES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS; COMPUTER-BASED MODELING; DIRECT CURRENT; NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATIONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

DISEASES;

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HUMAN; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; META ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84902466245     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2014.911082     Document Type: Review

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