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Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current sti... 2000 2026 2008 2017 4.1k
  1. Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation (2000)
    Michael A. Nitsche, Walter Paulus The Journal of Physiology
  2. Transcranial direct current stimulation: State of the art 2008 (2008)
    Michael A. Nitsche, Leonardo G. Cohen et al. Brain stimulation
  3. Sustained excitability elevations induced by transcranial DC motor cortex stimulation in humans (2001)
    Michael A. Nitsche, Walter Paulus Neurology
  4. Physiological Basis of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (2011)
    Charlotte J. Stagg, Michael A. Nitsche The Neuroscientist
  5. Pharmacological Modulation of Cortical Excitability Shifts Induced by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Humans (2003)
    Michael A. Nitsche, K. Fricke et al. The Journal of Physiology
  6. Clinical research with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): Challenges and future directions (2011)
    André R. Brunoni, Michael A. Nitsche et al. Brain stimulation
  7. A technical guide to tDCS, and related non-invasive brain stimulation tools (2015)
    Adam J. Woods, Andrea Antal et al. Clinical Neurophysiology
  8. Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of prefrontal cortex enhances working memory (2005)
    Felipe Fregni, Paulo S. Boggio et al. Experimental Brain Research
  9. Partially non‐linear stimulation intensity‐dependent effects of direct current stimulation on motor cortex excitability in humans (2013)
    Giorgi Batsikadze, Vera Moliadze et al. The Journal of Physiology
  10. Facilitation of Implicit Motor Learning by Weak Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Primary Motor Cortex in the Human (2003)
    Michael A. Nitsche, Nicolas Lang et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
  11. Studying and modifying brain function with non-invasive brain stimulation (2018)
    Rafael Polanía, Michael A. Nitsche et al. Nature Neuroscience
  12. Induction of Late LTP-Like Plasticity in the Human Motor Cortex by Repeated Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (2012)
    Kátia Monte‐Silva, Min‐Fang Kuo et al. Brain stimulation
  13. How does transcranial DC stimulation of the primary motor cortex alter regional neuronal activity in the human brain? (2005)
    Nicolas Lang, Hartwig R. Siebner et al. European Journal of Neuroscience
  14. Level of action of cathodal DC polarisation induced inhibition of the human motor cortex (2003)
    Michael A. Nitsche, Frithjof Tergau et al. Clinical Neurophysiology
  15. Modulating parameters of excitability during and after transcranial direct current stimulation of the human motor cortex (2005)
    Michael A. Nitsche, K. Fricke et al. The Journal of Physiology
  16. Shaping the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex (2007)
    Michael A. Nitsche, Andrea Antal et al. Journal of Neurophysiology
  17. A sham-controlled, phase II trial of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of central pain in traumatic spinal cord injury (2006)
    Felipe Fregni, Paulo S. Boggio et al. Pain
  18. Preconditioning of Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Evidence for Homeostatic Plasticity in the Human Motor Cortex (2004)
    Hartwig R. Siebner, Nicolas Lang et al. Journal of Neuroscience
  19. Comparing Cortical Plasticity Induced by Conventional and High-Definition 4 × 1 Ring tDCS: A Neurophysiological Study (2012)
    Hsiao-I Kuo, Marom Bikson et al. Brain stimulation
  20. Consensus: Motor cortex plasticity protocols (2008)
    Ulf Ziemann, Walter Paulus et al. Brain stimulation
  21. Hot and cold executive functions in the brain: A prefrontal-cingular network (2021)
    Mohammad Ali Salehinejad, Elham Ghanavati et al. PubMed

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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael A. Nitsche 39312 27150 6888 7936 483 47.4k
Walter Paulus 39498 29608 8065 8700 536 52.5k
Felipe Fregni 29533 18837 4661 5535 571 41.1k
Álvaro Pascual‐Leone 42270 46352 8264 9530 829 75.3k
Leonardo G. Cohen 27576 25319 6176 11671 333 44.8k
Ulf Ziemann 22973 16335 4542 7471 479 31.8k
Mark Hallett 19062 14737 3614 6350 200 28.3k
Eric M. Wassermann 18094 13012 2337 4306 205 24.1k
John C. Rothwell 53753 41598 13954 20406 1.0k 88.0k
Paul B. Fitzgerald 15373 15442 2557 1733 596 28.1k
Mark Hallett 16890 26062 13645 8173 836 64.6k

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