Electrical stimulation and visual network plasticity

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-374

  Antal, Andrea ^a   Paulus, Walter ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

human; tACS; tDCS; Vision

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84856430867     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2011-0609     Document Type: Review

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