The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Electrode Size and Current Intensity on Motor Cortical Excitability: Evidence from Single and Repeated Sessions

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Ho, Kerrie Anne ^a,b   Taylor, Janet L ^c,d   Chew, Taariq ^a,b   Gálvez, Verònica ^a,b   Alonzo, Angelo ^a,b   Bai, Siwei ^d,e   Dokos, Socrates ^d   Loo, Colleen K ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Electrode size; Motor cortex; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BATTERY POWERED NERVE STIMULATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRENT INTENSITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICES; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84940853141     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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