Anisotropy in the visual cortex investigated by neuronavigated transcranial magnetic stimulation

NeuroImage

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-321

  Kammer, Thomas ^a,b   Vorwerg, Michael ^a,b   Herrnberger, Bärbel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current orientation; Gyrus orientation; Phosphene thresholds; Pulse form; TMS; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEURONAVIGATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONAVIGATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34248160474     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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