Long term clinical and neurophysiological effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with neurodegenerative ataxia

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 242-250

  Benussi, Alberto ^a   Dell'Era, Valentina ^a   Cotelli, Maria Sofia ^b   Turla, Marinella ^b   Casali, Carlo ^c   Padovani, Alessandro ^a   Borroni, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Valle Camonica Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; Cerebellar stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GAIT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WALKING; AGED; ATAXIA; ELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 85013498413     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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