rTMS of the occipital cortex abolishes Braille reading and repetition priming in blind subjects

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 691-693

  Kupers, R ^a   Pappens, M ^a   De Noordhout, A Maertens ^b   Schoenen, J ^b   Ptito, M ^c   Fumal, A ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAILLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; WORD LIST RECALL; ADAPTATION; ASSOCIATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CUES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; READING; SENSORY AIDS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33947506557     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000255958.60530.11     Document Type: Article

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