Reduced discomfort during high-definition transcutaneous stimulation using 6% benzocaine

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Guleyupoglu, Berkan ^a   Febles, Nicole ^a   Minhas, Preet ^a   Hahn, Christoph ^b   Bikson, Marom ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct current stimulation; HD tDCS; Sensation; tDCS; Transcutaneous

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCONDUCTIVE GEL; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; SENSATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84904172773     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2014.00028     Document Type: Article

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