Modulation of phosphene perception during saccadic eye movements: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study of the human visual cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-300

  Boulay, Chadwick ^a   Paus, Tomáš ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phosphenes; Saccadic eye movements; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 28444487479     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0103-1     Document Type: Article

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