The noninvasive dissection of the human visual cortex: Using fMRI and TMS to study the organization of the visual brain

Neuroscientist

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 489-506

  McKeefry, Declan J ^a   Gouws, Andre ^b   Burton, Mark P ^a   Morland, Antony B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical function; FMRI; Retinotopic mapping; TMS; Visual areas

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349974912     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858409334424     Document Type: Review

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