Transcranial direct current stimulation: A remediation tool for the treatment of childhood congenital dyslexia?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Vicario, Carmelo Mario ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood dyslexia; Plasticity; Reading skills; Remediation programs; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CONGENITAL DYSLEXIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DYSLEXIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84933675628     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00139     Document Type: Article

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