Frequency-Dependent Electrical Stimulation of the Visual Cortex

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1839-1843

  Kanai, Ryota ^a   Chaieb, Leila ^b   Antal, Andrea ^b   Walsh, Vincent ^a   Paulus, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

DARKNESS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PHOSPHENES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57049137640     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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