Cortical inhibition and excitation by bilateral transcranial alternating current stimulation

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-114

  Cancelli, Andrea ^a,b   Cottone, Carlo ^a,c   Zito, Giancarlo ^a   Di Giorgio, Marina ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^d,e   Tecchio, Franca ^a,e  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^e IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

motor cortex (M1); Neuromodulation; neuronavigation; personalized electrode; superficial current density; transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEURONAVIGATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84923200635     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-140411     Document Type: Article

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