Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS), Transcranial Pulsed Current Stimulation (tPCS), and Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation (tRNS)

The Stimulated Brain: Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 35-59

  Moreno Duarte, Ingrid ^a   Gebodh, Nigel ^a,b   Schestatsky, Pedro ^a,c,d   Guleyupoglu, Berkan ^b   Reato, Davide ^b   Bikson, Marom ^b   Fregni, Felipe ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b City College of New York   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Non invasive electrical brain stimulation; TACS; TDCS; TPCS; TRNS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924721599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-404704-4.00002-8     Document Type: Chapter

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