tDCS in post-stroke aphasia: The role of stimulation parameters, behavioral treatment andpatient characteristics

Cortex

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 296-316

  de Aguiar, Vânia ^a,b   Paolazzi, Caterina Laura ^a   Miceli, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b International Doctorate in Experimental Approaches to Language and Brain (IDEALAB)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Language disorders; Participant ,; Post stroke aphasia; Stimulation parameters; TDCS

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

APHASIA; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84908337422     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.08.015     Document Type: Review

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