Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the visual system. II. Characterization of induced phosphenes and scotomas

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-140

  Kammer, Thomas ^a,b   Puls, Klaas ^b   Erb, Michael ^c   Grodd, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic stimulation sites; Retinotopic mapping; Static perimetry; Visual masking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTOMA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SCOTOMA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 11244340633     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1992-0     Document Type: Article

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