Effects of tDCS on executive function in Parkinson's disease

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 582, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-31

  Doruk, Deniz ^a   Gray, Zachary ^b   Bravo, Gabriela L ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b,c   Fregni, Felipe ^a,b  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Parkinson's disease; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK PAIN; NERVE STIMULATOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SKIN REDNESS; SOMNOLENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; AFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84907916553     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.08.043     Document Type: Article

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