Retinal origin of phosphenes to transcranial alternating current stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1080-1084

  Schutter, Dennis J L G ^a   Hortensius, Ruud ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortex; Phosphenes; Retina; Scalp; Transcranial alternating current stimulation; Volume conduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; SCALP; SELF REPORT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952742882     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.10.038     Document Type: Article

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