Some remarks on the use of visually evoked potentials to measure magnocellular activity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1903-1905

  Skottun, Bernt C ^a   Skoyles, John R ^b,c  

^a Skottun Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Second harmonic; Sustained; Transient; Visually evoked potentials (VEP)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; COLOR; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LUMINANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; COLOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; LIGHT; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34547500102     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.06.007     Document Type: Review

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