Visual hallucinations during prolonged blindfolding in sighted subjects

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-113

  Merabet, Lotfi B ^a   Maguire, Denise ^a   Warde, Aisling ^a   Alterescu, Karin ^a   Stickgold, Robert ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDFOLDING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VISION;

EID: 2642586614     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200406000-00003     Document Type: Article

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