Effects of transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS) on affect, pain and attention in multiple sclerosis

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-199

  Palm, Ulrich ^a,c   Chalah, Moussa A ^a,b   Padberg, Frank ^c   Al Ani, Tarik ^b   Abdellaoui, Mohamed ^d   Sorel, Marc ^b   Dimitri, Dalia ^d   Créange, Alain ^b,d   Lefaucheur, Jean Pascal ^a,b   Ayache, Samar S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

attention; depression; fatigue; multiple sclerosis; pain; Transcranial random noise stimulation; tRNS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFFECT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION NETWORK TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOCICEPTION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURALGIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84963607118     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-150557     Document Type: Article

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