The locus of flicker adaptation in the migraine visual system: A dichoptic study

Cephalalgia

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-19

  Thabet, Michel ^a   Wilkinson, Frances ^a   Wilson, Hugh R ^a   Karanovic, Olivera ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; flicker; inhibition; interocular transfer; Migraine; visual contrast sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLICKER; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION TEST; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871601578     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102412462640     Document Type: Article

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