Promoting social plasticity in developmental disorders with non-invasive brain stimulation techniques

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Boggio, Paulo S ^a   Asthana, Manish K ^a   Costa, Thiago L ^a   Valasek, Cláudia A ^a   Osório, Ana A C ^a  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain stimulation; Developmental disorders; Neuromodulation; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 84946548804     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00294     Document Type: Review

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