Chapter 19 Motor and phosphene thresholds: consequences of cortical anisotropy

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 56, Issue C, 2003, Pages 198-203

  Kammer, Thomas ^a,b   Beck, Sandra ^a   Puls, Klaas ^a   Roether, Claire ^a   Thielscher, Axel ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 2942589632     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70222-3     Document Type: Article

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