Concurrent TMS-fMRI and Psychophysics Reveal Frontal Influences on Human Retinotopic Visual Cortex

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1479-1488

  Ruff, Christian C ^a,b   Blankenburg, Felix ^a,b   Bjoertomt, Otto ^a,b   Bestmann, Sven ^a,b,c   Freeman, Elliot ^a,b   Haynes, John Dylan ^d   Rees, Geraint ^a,b   Josephs, Oliver ^b   Deichmann, Ralf ^b   Driver, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746541689     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.057     Document Type: Article

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