From motor cortex to visual cortex: The application of noninvasive brain stimulation to amblyopia

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-273

  Thompson, Benjamin ^a,b   Mansouri, Behzad ^b,c   Koski, Lisa ^d   Hess, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Contrast sensitivity; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Stroke; Visual cortex plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

AMBLYOPIA; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84858263685     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20509     Document Type: Article

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