Transcranial alternating current stimulation attenuates visual motion adaptation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 7334-7340

  Kar, Kohitij ^a   Krekelberg, Bart ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination sensitivity; Mechanisms; Motion adaptation; Motion after effect; Transcranial alternating current stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

DISCRIMINATION SENSITIVITY; MECHANISMS; MOTION ADAPTATION; MOTION AFTER EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84901004408     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5248-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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