Transcranial direct current stimulation to the parietal cortex in hemispatial neglect: A feasibility study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-161

  Smit, Miranda ^a,d   Schutter, Dennis J L G ^b   Nijboer, Tanja C W ^a,c   Visser Meily, Johanna M A ^c   Kappelle, L Jaap ^c   Kant, Neeltje ^a,d   Penninx, Janne ^e   Dijkerman, H Chris ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Brain Center Rudolf Magnus and Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine University Medical Center Utrecht and Rehabilitation Center De Hoogstraat ^*  (Netherlands)

^e Advies en behandelcentrum Zorggroep Noordwest Veluwe   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral inattention test; Chronic hemispatial neglect patients; Double blind controlled treatment program; Interhemispheric balance; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL INATTENTION TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMODULATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84936891000     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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