Changes in visual cortex excitability in blind subjects as demonstrated by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 479-490

  Gothe, Janna ^a,b   Brandt, Stephan A ^a,c   Irlbacher, Kerstin ^a   Röricht, Simone ^a   Sabel, Bernhard A ^b   Meyer, Bernd Ulrich ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Blindness; Phosphenes; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0036187959     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf045     Document Type: Article

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