Phosphenes

"Phosphenes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A subjective visual sensation with the eyes closed and in the absence of light. Phosphenes can be spontaneous, or induced by chemical, electrical, or mechanical (pressure) stimuli which cause the visual field to light up without optical inputs.

Descriptor ID

D010719

MeSH Number(s)

F02.830.816.964.500

G11.561.600.810.964.500

G14.640.816.500

Concept/Terms

Phosphenes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Phosphenes".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena and Processes [F02]
Psychophysiology [F02.830]
Sensation [F02.830.816]
Vision, Ocular [F02.830.816.964]
Phosphenes [F02.830.816.964.500]
Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena [G11.561]
Nervous System Physiological Processes [G11.561.600]
Sensation [G11.561.600.810]
Vision, Ocular [G11.561.600.810.964]
Phosphenes [G11.561.600.810.964.500]
Ocular Physiological Phenomena [G14]
Ocular Physiological Processes [G14.640]
Vision, Ocular [G14.640.816]
Phosphenes [G14.640.816.500]

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publications

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Bar chart showing 24 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	2	3
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	3	0	3
2009	1	4	5
2010	3	0	3
2011	2	1	3
2014	0	1	1
2018	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Phosphenes" by people in Profiles.

Herpich F, Contò F, van Koningsbruggen M, Battelli L. Modulating the excitability of the visual cortex using a stimulation priming paradigm. Neuropsychologia. 2018 10; 119:165-171.

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Hinton DE, Reis R, de Jong J. Migraine-Like Visual Auras Among Traumatized Cambodians with PTSD: Fear of Ghost Attack and Other Disasters. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2018 Jun; 42(2):244-277.

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Grau C, Ginhoux R, Riera A, Nguyen TL, Chauvat H, Berg M, Amengual JL, Pascual-Leone A, Ruffini G. Conscious brain-to-brain communication in humans using non-invasive technologies. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e105225.

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Fried PJ, Elkin-Frankston S, Rushmore RJ, Hilgetag CC, Valero-Cabre A. Characterization of visual percepts evoked by noninvasive stimulation of the human posterior parietal cortex. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e27204.

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Hirata A, Takano Y, Fujiwara O, Dovan T, Kavet R. An electric field induced in the retina and brain at threshold magnetic flux density causing magnetophosphenes. Phys Med Biol. 2011 Jul 07; 56(13):4091-101.

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Elkin-Frankston S, Fried P, Rushmore RJ, Valero-Cabré A. From qualia to quantia: a system to document and quantify phosphene percepts elicited by non-invasive neurostimulation of the human occipital cortex. J Neurosci Methods. 2011 Jun 15; 198(2):149-57.

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Najib U, Horvath JC, Silvanto J, Pascual-Leone A. State-dependency effects on TMS: a look at motive phosphene behavior. J Vis Exp. 2010 Dec 28; (46).

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Bolognini N, Senna I, Maravita A, Pascual-Leone A, Merabet LB. Auditory enhancement of visual phosphene perception: the effect of temporal and spatial factors and of stimulus intensity. Neurosci Lett. 2010 Jun 25; 477(3):109-14.

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Elkin-Frankston S, Fried PJ, Pascual-Leone A, Rushmore RJ, Valero-Cabr A. A novel approach for documenting phosphenes induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation. J Vis Exp. 2010 Apr 01; (38).

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Cattaneo Z, Silvanto J, Battelli L, Pascual-Leone A. The mental number line modulates visual cortical excitability. Neurosci Lett. 2009 Oct 25; 462(3):253-6.

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