Transcranial random noise stimulation of visual cortex: Stochastic resonance enhances central mechanisms of perception

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 5289-5298

  van der Groen, Onno ^a,c   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a,b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Neuroscience Center Zurich and Division of Neurosurgery   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Perception; Stochastic resonance; tRNS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISE STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; MARKOV CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84966501386     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4519-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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