Can IPS reach visual awareness without V1? Evidence from TMS in healthy subjects and hemianopic patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-144

  Mazzi, Chiara ^a   Mancini, Francesca ^a,b   Savazzi, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Rehabilitation Unit Zevio Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parietal cortex; Phosphene; Primary visual cortex; Vision for action stream; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRIGHTNESS; CASE REPORT; EYE DOMINANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; STRIATE CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL AWARENESS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL THRESHOLD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910035189     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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