Brain stimulation: Neuromodulation as a potential treatment for motor recovery following traumatic brain injury

Brain Research

Volumn 1640, Issue , 2016, Pages 130-138

  Clayton, E ^a   Kinley Cooper, S K ^a   Weber, R A ^a   Adkins, D L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural stimulation; Motor cortex; Rehabilitative training; Transcranial direct stimulation (tDCS); Transcranial stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPIDURAL CORTICAL STIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL CORTICAL STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CONVALESCENCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROREHABILITATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84959153909     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.01.056     Document Type: Review

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