Assessing the effects of tDCS over a delayed response inhibition task by targeting the right inferior frontal gyrus and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2283-2290

  Stramaccia, Davide Francesco ^a   Penolazzi, Barbara ^a,b   Sartori, Giulia ^a   Braga, Miriam ^a   Mondini, Sara ^a,c   Galfano, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura Figlie di San Camillo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Inferior frontal gyrus; Inhibitory motor control; Noninvasive brain stimulation; Response stopping; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937972520     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4297-6     Document Type: Article

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