Phosphene thresholds evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation are insensitive to short-lasting variations in ambient light

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 407-410

  Kammer, Thomas ^a   Beck, Sandra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Human visual cortex; Light adaptation; Phosphenes; Threshold; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036325720     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1160-3     Document Type: Article

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