Fatigue in multiple sclerosis: Neural correlates and the role of non-invasive brain stimulation

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Chalah, Moussa A ^a,b   Riachi, Naji ^c   Ahdab, Rechdi ^c   Créanget, Alain ^a,b   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,b   Ayache, Samar S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RIZK HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Multiple sclerosis; Network; Non invasive brain stimulation; TDCS

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84954147012     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00460     Document Type: Review

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