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Brain structural and functional characteristics in children with mental disorders and the possibilities of transcranial direct current stimulation

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Analysis of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data in children with mental disorders of perinatal origin showed that, in 70% of cases, pathological damage to the brain structures is absent, or only minimal residual changes are detected. At the same time, the EEG α-rhythm in the occipitoparietal areas was not regular in 77% of cases. The predominance of the signs of cerebral functional insufficiency allows efficacious use of the physiological methods of correction of mental disorders using transcranial direct current stimulation.

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    N. Yu. Kozhushko, Yu. D. Kropotov, Yu. K. Matveev, V. I. Semivolos, E. P. Tereshchenko & A. I. Cholyavin

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Original Russian Text © N.Yu. Kozhushko, Yu.D. Kropotov, Yu.K. Matveev, V.I. Semivolos, E.P. Tereshchenko, A.I. Cholyavin, 2014, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2014, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 36–43.

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Kozhushko, N.Y., Kropotov, Y.D., Matveev, Y.K. et al. Brain structural and functional characteristics in children with mental disorders and the possibilities of transcranial direct current stimulation. Hum Physiol 40, 383–389 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119714040094

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