The body electric: A long view of electrical therapy for functional neurological disorders

Brain

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1113-1120

  McWhirter, Laura ^a   Carson, Alan ^b   Stone, Jon ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conversion disorder; electric stimulation therapy; functional; history of medicine; hysteria; psychogenic; transcranial magnetic stimulation; transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRAY MATTER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ART; HISTORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84929104405     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv009     Document Type: Review

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