Moving forward by stimulating the brain: Transcranial direct current stimulation in post-stroke hemiparesis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-

  Peters, Heather T ^a   Edwards, Dylan J ^b,c   Wortman Jutt, Susan ^d   Page, Stephen J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BURKE MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BURKE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Neuroplasticity; Non invasive brain stimulation; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANODAL STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CATHODAL STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; SURVIVOR; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 84983750710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00394     Document Type: Article

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