Perceptual load modulates visual cortex excitability to magnetic stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 516-519

  Muggleton, Neil ^a   Lamb, Ruth ^b   Walsh, Vincent ^a,b   Lavie, Nilli ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 55249105903     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01287.2007     Document Type: Article

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