Transcranial magnetic stimulation as an investigative tool in the study of visual function

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 356-368

  Merabet, Lotfi B ^a   Theoret, Hugo ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Ocular movements; Phosphenes; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Visual cortex; Visual function; Visual suppression

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

VISION;

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LIGHT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038586436     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200305000-00010     Document Type: Review

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