Suppression of complex visual hallucinatory experiences by occipital transcranial magnetic stimulation: A case report

Neurocase

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 436-440

  Merabet, Lotfi B ^a   Kobayashi, Masahito ^a   Barton, Jason ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles Bonnet Syndrome; Hallucinations; Illusions; Occipital stroke; Suppression; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERIMETRY; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL ILLUSION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0142153765     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/neur.9.5.436.16557     Document Type: Article

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