Investigation of the primary visual cortex using short-interval paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 312-316

  Sparing, Roland ^a   Dambeck, Nina ^a   Stock, Kathrin ^a   Meister, Ingo G ^a   Huetter, Dorothee ^a   Boroojerdi, Babak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human visual cortex; Intracortical facilitation; Intracortical inhibition; Paired pulse TMS; Phosphenes; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 19544365731     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.036     Document Type: Article

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