Magnetic stimulation of visual cortex: Factors influencing the perception of phosphenes

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-357

  Ray, Patty G ^a   Meador, Kimford J ^a   Epstein, Charles M ^b   Loring, David W ^a   Day, Larry J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic stimulation; Occipital cortex; Phosphenes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEOCORTEX; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0031668246     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199807000-00007     Document Type: Article

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