The phase of ongoing oscillations mediates the causal relation between brain excitation and visual perception

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 11889-11893

  Dugué, Laura ^a,b   Marque, Philippe ^c   VanRullen, Rufin ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051775079     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1161-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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