"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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| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2011 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2012 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2013 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2016 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Photic Stimulation" by people in Profiles.
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Sparseness facilitates image encoding across visuo-frontal networks in freely moving macaque. Nat Commun. 2026 Apr 14; 17(1).
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BIVIP: a competitive neural network for bilateral visuo-haptic processing. Neural Netw. 2026 Sep; 201:108960.
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Statistics of natural scenes shape contextual modulation in the visual cortex. Neuron. 2026 Jul 01; 114(13):2473-2486.e9.
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Functional bipartite invariance in mouse primary visual cortex receptive fields. Nat Neurosci. 2026 Apr; 29(4):851-863.
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Dissociating Contributions of Theta and Alpha Oscillations from Aperiodic Neural Activity in Human Visual Working Memory. J Neurosci. 2026 02 18; 46(7).
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Stereoelectroencephalography Reveals Neural Signatures of Multisensory Integration in the Human Superior Temporal Sulcus during Audiovisual Speech Perception. J Neurosci. 2025 10 15; 45(42).
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Temporal coding carries more stable cortical visual representations than firing rate over time. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 04; 16(1):7162.
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Foundation model of neural activity predicts response to new stimulus types. Nature. 2025 04; 640(8058):470-477.
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Closely matched comparisons suggest that separable processes mediate contextual size illusions. Vision Res. 2025 04; 229:108566.
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Asymmetric distribution of color-opponent response types across mouse visual cortex supports superior color vision in the sky. Elife. 2024 Sep 05; 12.