How to consider animal data in tDCS safety standards

Mark P Jackson¹, Marom Bikson², David Liebetanz³, Michael Nitsche⁴

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¹ 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of The City University of New York, CDI Building, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10031, United States.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of The City University of New York, CDI Building, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10031, United States. Electronic address: bikson@ccny.cuny.edu.
³ Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany.

PMID: 28851553
PMCID: PMC5975369
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.08.004

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How to consider animal data in tDCS safety standards

Mark P Jackson et al. Brain Stimul. 2017 Nov-Dec.

. 2017 Nov-Dec;10(6):1141-1142.

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.08.004. Epub 2017 Aug 18.

Authors

Mark P Jackson¹, Marom Bikson², David Liebetanz³, Michael Nitsche⁴

Affiliations

¹ 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of The City University of New York, CDI Building, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10031, United States.
² Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of The City University of New York, CDI Building, 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10031, United States. Electronic address: bikson@ccny.cuny.edu.
³ Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany.

PMID: 28851553
PMCID: PMC5975369
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2017.08.004

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Keywords: Charge density; Current density; Dose; Safety; Stimulation duration; tDCS.

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