Migraine aura dynamics after reverse retinotopic mapping of weak excitation waves in the primary visual cortex

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Dahlem, M A ^a   Muller S C ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MIGRAINE; RETINOTOPIC MAPPING; VISUAL CORTEX; WEAK EXCITATION WAVES;

NEUROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX;

BRAIN MAPPING; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0142103176     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-003-0405-y     Document Type: Letter

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