"Photic Stimulation" 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.
Investigative technique commonly used during ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY in which a series of bright light flashes or visual patterns are used to elicit brain activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D010775
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.723.729
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| Concept/Terms |
Photic Stimulation- Photic Stimulation
- Visual Stimulation
- Stimulation, Visual
- Stimulations, Visual
- Visual Stimulations
- Stimulation, Photic
- Photic Stimulations
- Stimulations, Photic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2001 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2005 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2006 | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| 2007 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2008 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2009 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
| 2010 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2011 | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| 2012 | 3 | 27 | 30 |
| 2013 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
| 2014 | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| 2015 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2016 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2017 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2018 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2019 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Photic Stimulation" by people in Profiles.
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Neural responses to light stimulation in the octopus arm. J Exp Biol. 2025 Apr 01; 228(7).
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Stimulus-invariant aspects of the retinal code drive discriminability of natural scenes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Dec 24; 121(52):e2313676121.
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Cortically Disparate Visual Features Evoke Content-Independent Load Signals during Storage in Working Memory. J Neurosci. 2024 Oct 30; 44(44).
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Memory augmentation with an adaptive cognitive interface. Psychon Bull Rev. 2025 Apr; 32(2):875-886.
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Cardiac afferent signals can facilitate visual dominance in binocular rivalry. Elife. 2024 Oct 02; 13.
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Primate superior colliculus is causally engaged in abstract higher-order cognition. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Oct; 27(10):1999-2008.
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Implicit audiomotor adaptation. Neuroscience. 2024 Oct 18; 558:81-91.
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Transformation of Motion Pattern Selectivity from Retina to Superior Colliculus. J Neurosci. 2024 May 15; 44(20).
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Locus coeruleus norepinephrine contributes to visual-spatial attention by selectively enhancing perceptual sensitivity. Neuron. 2024 Jul 03; 112(13):2231-2240.e5.
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Stimulus-dependent differences in cortical versus subcortical contributions to visual detection in mice. Curr Biol. 2024 05 06; 34(9):1940-1952.e5.