BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 149-151 , July 2009

Chronic neuropathic pain alleviation after transcranial direct current stimulation to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Received 4 November 2008 ,Revised 19 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 December 2008.

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 Funding for tDCS research provided by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant 510135; the NHMRC had no further role in the information collection, analysis and compilation of this report, or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

PII: S1935-861X(08)00378-1

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.12.003

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 149-151 , July 2009

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