Extending the parameter range for tDCS: Safety and tolerability of 4 mA stimulation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany; Department of Neurology, University Medical Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: nitsche@ifado.de.
² Neural Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.

Editorial

Michael A Nitsche et al. Brain Stimul. 2017 May-Jun.

. 2017 May-Jun;10(3):541-542.

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.03.002.

¹ Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany; Department of Neurology, University Medical Hospital Bergmannsheil, Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: nitsche@ifado.de.
² Neural Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.

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