Two visual mechanisms of photosensitivity

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1446-1451

  Harding, G F A ^a   Fylan, F ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnocellular; Occipital spikes; Parvocellular; Photoparoxysmal response; Photosensitive epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PATTERN STIMULATION; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032857304     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02018.x     Document Type: Article

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