Phosphenes and transient scotomas induced by magnetic stimulation of the occipital lobe: Their topographic relationship

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Kammer, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Perimetry; Phosphenes; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transient scotomas; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SCOTOMA; TECHNICAL AID; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0032215313     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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