Trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): a promising new tool to facilitate rehabilitation of manual dexterity after stroke

A major cause of disability after stroke is impaired contralateral manual dexterity. Recently it has been suggested that this may be at least partly due to a maladaptive increase in inhibition from the unaffected primary motor cortex (M1). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-inv...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Oana Constantinescu, Andrei Ilie, Mihai Moldovan, Charlotte J Stagg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2010-03-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Neurology
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Online Access:https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2010.3/RJN_2010_3_Art-02.pdf