Multiscale coupling of transcranial direct current stimulation to neuron electrodynamics: Modeling the influence of the transcranial electric field on neuronal depolarization

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dougherty, Edward T ^a   Turner, James C ^a   Vogel, Frank ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inutech GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS;

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; MEDICAL INTERVENTION; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NUMERICAL STRATEGIES; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; TREATMENT PARAMETERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMAN; KINETICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84911413458     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/360179     Document Type: Article

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