Combining Visual Rehabilitative Training and Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance Visual Function in Patients With Hemianopia: A Comparative Case Study

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Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 825-835

  Plow, Ela B ^a,b   Obretenova, Souzana N ^a   Halko, Mark A ^a   Kenkel, Sigrid ^c   Jackson, Mary Lou ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,d   Merabet, Lotfi B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Center for Vision Therapy   (Germany)

^d University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION RESTORATION THERAPY; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STROKE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 80053197513     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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