BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 38-42 , January 2011

Reducing procedural pain and discomfort associated with transcranial direct current stimulation

  • James L. McFadden

      Affiliations

    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • ,
  • Jeff J. Borckardt

      Affiliations

    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jeff Borckardt, MUSC Institute of Psychiatry, 67 President St, PH 518, Charleston, SC 29425.
    • ,
  • Mark S. George

      Affiliations

    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
    • ,
  • William Beam

      Affiliations

    • Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Received 13 January 2010 ,Revised 14 April 2010 ,Accepted 20 May 2010.

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 Mr McFadden was funded through a grant from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Graduate Studies Summer Health Professionals Research Program.

 Dr George was funded through grants from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes), the Department of Defense and Veterans Administration.

 Dr Borckardt was funded through grants from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Nursing Research) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

PII: S1935-861X(10)00058-6

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2010.05.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 38-42 , January 2011

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