Computational analysis shows why transcranial alternating current stimulation induces retinal phosphenes

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Laakso, Ilkka ^a   Hirata, Akimasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CORTICAL OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRODE POSITIONING; REFERENCE ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

VISION;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANATOMIC MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CORTICAL ELECTRODE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYEBALL; FRONTAL SINUS; GRAY MATTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXILLARY SINUS; NERVE STIMULATION; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; VISION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOSPHENES; RETINA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883154930     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/10/4/046009     Document Type: Article

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