Genetic modulation of transcranial direct current stimulation effects on cognition

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue DEC2016, 2016, Pages

  Wiegand, Ariane ^a   Nieratschker, Vanessa ^a   Plewnia, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; Brain stimulation; Cognition; COMT; Dopamine; Neuroplasticity; Stimulation genetics; TDCS

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 85007470528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00651     Document Type: Article

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