Individual differences in transcranial electrical stimulation current density

Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 495-508

  Russell, Michael J ^a   Goodman, Theodore ^b   Pierson, Ronald ^c   Shepherd, Shane ^d   Wang, Qiang ^a   Groshong, Bennett ^a   Wiley, David F ^e  

^a Aaken Laboratories   (United States)

^b Sutter Center for Psychiatry   (United States)

^c Brain Image Analysis   (United States)

^d Radiological Associates of Sacramento Medical Group Inc   (United States)

^e Stratovan Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Current density; Modeling; MRI; tDCS; Transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908670212     PISSN: 16748301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7555/JBR.27.20130074     Document Type: Article

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