Conceptual and procedural shortcomings of the systematic review "evidence that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) generates little-to-no reliable neurophysiologic effect beyond MEP amplitude modulation in healthy human subjects: A systematic review" by horvath and co-workers

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 846-849

  Antal, A ^a   Keeser, D ^b   Priori, A ^c   Padberg, F ^d   Nitsche, M A ^a,b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84937416103     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.05.010     Document Type: Letter

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