Chapter 30 Transcranial magnetic and direct current stimulation of the visual cortex

Supplements to Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 56, Issue C, 2003, Pages 291-304

  Antal, Andrea ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 67349087715     PISSN: 1567424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-424X(09)70233-8     Document Type: Article

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