Visual phosphene perception modulated by subthreshold crossmodal sensory stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4178-4181

  Ramos Estebanez, Ciro ^a   Merabet, Lotfi B ^a   Machii, Katsuyuki ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^a   Thut, Gregor ^a   Wagner, Timothy A ^a   Romei, Vicenzo ^a   Amedi, Amir ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossmodal; Phosphenes; Subthreshold; Tactile; TMS; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; DARKNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOSPHENES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247101660     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5468-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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