Photoparoxysmal response elicited by flickering dot pattern stimulation and its optimal spatial frequency of provocation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-43

  Takahashi, Takeo ^a   Tsukahara, Yasuo ^b  

^a Yaotome Clinic   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Luminosity; Photoparoxysmal response; Spatiotemporal frequencies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STROBOSCOPY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0031912144     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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