New methods devised specify the size and color of the spots monkeys see when striate cortex (area V1) is electrically stimulated

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 43, 2011, Pages 17809-17814

  Schiller, Peter H ^a   Slocum, Warren M ^a   Kwak, Michelle C ^a   Kendall, Geoffrey L ^a   Tehovnik, Edward J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal (ELS IINN)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrical brain stimulation; Perception; Prosthetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MACACA MULATTA; MICROELECTRODES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SACCADES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 80055070519     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108337108     Document Type: Article

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