Safety of noninvasive brain stimulation in children and adolescents

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-87

  Krishnan, Chandramouli ^a   Santos, Luciana ^a   Peterson, Mark D ^a   Ehinger, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Safety; tDCS; Theta burst; TMS; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MOOD CHANGE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONINVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION; PRURITUS; REVIEW; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; BRAIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84919846785     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.10.012     Document Type: Review

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