Toward unraveling reading-related modulations of tdcs-induced neuroplasticity in the human visual cortex

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Antal, Andrea ^a   Ambrus, Géza Gergely ^a,b,c   Chaieb, Leila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Clinic of Epileptology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phosphene; Tdcs; Tms; Visual cortex excitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904552170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00642     Document Type: Article

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