Modeling the current density generated by transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2260-2270

  Parazzini, Marta ^a   Fiocchi, Serena ^a   Liorni, Ilaria ^a,b   Rossi, Elena ^b,c   Cogiamanian, Filippo ^c,d   Vergari, Maurizio ^c,d   Priori, Alberto ^c,d   Ravazzani, Paolo ^a  

^a Istituto Di Elettronica E Di Ingegneria Dell'informazione E Delle Telecomunicazioni Turin   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; High resolution human models; Spinal non invasive neuromodulation technique; TsDCS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMIC MODEL; ARM; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD; DENSITY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS SPINAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; UMBILICUS; VERTEBRA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84927693128     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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