Transcranial direct current stimulation in epilepsy

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 455-464

  San Juan, Daniel ^a   Morales Quezada, León ^b   Orozco Garduño, Adolfo Josué ^a   Alonso Vanegas, Mario ^a   González Aragón, Maricarmen Fernández ^a   López, Dulce Anabel Espinoza ^a   Vázquez Gregorio, Rafael ^a   Anschel, David J ^c   Fregni, Felipe ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c St Charles Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain polarization; Epilepsy; Galvanic stimulation; tDCS; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIRECT CURRENT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POLARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCOPUS; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937536535     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.01.001     Document Type: Review

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