TDCS of the cerebellum: Where do we stand in 2016? Technical issues and critical review of the literature

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue MAY2016, 2016, Pages

  van Dun, Kim ^a   Bodranghien, Florian C A A ^b   Mariën, Peter ^a,c   Manto, Mario U ^b,d  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c General Hospital ZNA Middelheim   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anodal vs. cathodal; Cerebellum; Electrode placement; Intensity; Offline vs. online; Sham; TACS; TDCS

Indexed keywords

AGE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT INTENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; GENDER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SHAM PROCEDURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84967239986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00199     Document Type: Review

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