Electrical cortical stimulation of the human prefrontal cortex evokes complex visual hallucinations

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 356-361

  Blanke, O ^a   Landis, T ^a   Seeck, M ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Visual hallucination; visual processing; mnestic processing; prefrontal cortex; human; epilepsy; intracranial electrodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039768280     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0109     Document Type: Article

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