Bifrontal anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) improves daytime vigilance and sleepiness in a patient with organic hypersomnia following reanimation

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 844-846

  Frase, Lukas ^a   Maier, Jonathan G ^a   Zittel, Sulamith ^a   Freyer, Tobias ^a   Riemann, Dieter ^a   Normann, Claus ^a   Feige, Bernd ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^b,c,d   Nissen, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MODAFINIL; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALLERGIC REACTION; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BEE STING; BIFRONTAL ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTRUCTION WORKER; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DAYTIME VIGILANCE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE STIMULATOR; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SELF MONITORING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84937514903     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.05.009     Document Type: Letter

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