The Physiological Basis of Brain Stimulation

The Stimulated Brain: Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 145-177

  Stagg, Charlotte J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Neuromodulators; Plasticity; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942246038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-404704-4.00006-5     Document Type: Chapter

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