Visual metacontrast masking in migraine

Cephalalgia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-356

  Shepherd, Alex J ^a,b   Wyatt, Geddes ^b   Tibber, Marc S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

inhibition; Migraine; vision; visual cortex; visual masking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MASKING;

ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953223754     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102410380755     Document Type: Article

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