The uncertain outcome of prefrontal tDCS

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 773-783

  Tremblay, Sara ^a,b   Lepage, Jean François ^c   Latulipe Loiselle, Alex ^a,b   Fregni, Felipe ^c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^d   Théoret, Hugo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

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

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Executive functions; Neurostimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84919491051     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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