Lack of cortical contrast gain control in human photosensitive epilepsy

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-263

  Porciatti, Vittorio ^a   Bonanni, Paolo ^b   Fiorentini, Adriana ^a   Guerrini, Renzo ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034049687     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72972     Document Type: Article

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