Visual motion adaptation increases the susceptibility of area V5/MT to phosphene induction by transcranial magnetic stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1951-1955

  Guzman Lopez, J ^a,c   Silvanto, J ^b   Seemungal, B M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Transcranial magnetic stimulation; V5 MT; VISUAL MOTION ADAPTATION

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEURONAL ADAPTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MOTION ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOSPHENES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 80052424600     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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