A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Over the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Healthy and Neuropsychiatric Samples: Influence of Stimulation Parameters

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 501-517

  Dedoncker, Josefien ^a   Brunoni, Andre R ^b   Baeken, Chris ^a,c   Vanderhasselt, Marie Anne ^a,c,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Meta analysis; Noninvasive brain stimulation; Stimulation parameters; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COGNITION; CURRENT DENSITY; DENSITY CHARGE; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCIENCEDIRECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEB OF SCIENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84964950963     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.04.006     Document Type: Review

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