Transcranial direct current stimulation in sports training: Potential approaches

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Banissy, Michael J ^a   Muggleton, Neil G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Performance; Sport; tDCS; Training; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; FACILITATION; FITNESS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933676942     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00129     Document Type: Article

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