Rational design of transcranial current stimulation (TCS) through mechanistic insights into cortical network dynamics

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Fröhlich, Flavio ^a,b,c   Schmidt, Stephen L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Cortical oscillation; Electric field; Feedback control; Optogenetics; Rational design; Resonance; Transcranial current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL INTERACTION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTOGENETICS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84933676705     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00804     Document Type: Article

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