A comparison between uni-and bilateral tDCS effects on functional connectivity of the human motor cortex

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Sehm, Bernhard ^a,b   Kipping, Judy ^a   Schaefer, Alexander ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a,b   Ragert, Patrick ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateral tDCS; Functional connectivity; Interhemispheric; Intracortical; Primary motor cortex; TDCS; Unilateral tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATOR; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UNILATERAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84933675905     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00183     Document Type: Article

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