Contrasting effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on central and peripheral visual fields

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1391-1397

  Costa, Thiago L ^a,b   Gualtieri, Mirella ^a   Barboni, Mirella T S ^a   Katayama, Rafael K ^a   Boggio, Paulo S ^b   Ventura, Dora F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Perimetry; Selectivity; tDCS; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925337144     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4213-0     Document Type: Article

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