Direct current stimulation over V5 enhances visuomotor coordination by improving motion perception in humans

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 521-527

  Antal, Andrea ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Kruse, Wolfgang ^b   Kincses, Tamás Z ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^b   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 2442452710     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904323057263     Document Type: Article

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