Improvement of spatial tactile acuity by transcranial direct current stimulation.

Ragert, Patrick;Vandermeeren, Yves;Camus, Mickael;Cohen, Leonardo G
(2008) Clinical Neurophysiology — Vol. 119, n° 4, p. 805-811 (2008)

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  • Ragert, Patrick
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  • Camus, Mickael
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  • Cohen, Leonardo G
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Abstract
Non-invasive brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been successfully used to induce polarity-specific excitability changes in the brain. However, it is still unknown if anodal tDCS (tDCS(anodal)) applied to the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) can lead to behavioral changes in performance of tactile discriminative tasks.
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Ragert, P., Vandermeeren, Y., Camus, M., & Cohen, L. G. (2008). Improvement of spatial tactile acuity by transcranial direct current stimulation. Clinical Neurophysiology, 119(4), 805-811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2007.12.001 (Original work published 2008)