The threshold for phosphenes is lower in migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-263

  Aurora, Sheena K ^a   Welch, K M A ^b   Al Sayed, F ^b  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Migraine; Occipital cortex; Phosphenes; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MIGRAINE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PHOSPHENE THRESHOLD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOSPHENES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0037954221     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2003.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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