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Díaz-Baamonde A, Peláez-Cruz R, Téllez MJ, Lantis J, Ulkatan S. Median nerve somatosensory evoked potential alarm related to head and neck positioning for carotid surgery. J Clin Monit Comput 2023; 37:699-704. [PMID: 35960492 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-022-00904-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Head positioning in carotid surgery represents an often overlooked but sensitive period in the surgical plan. A 53-year-old male presented a significant decrement in median nerve somatosensory evoked potential (mSEP) following head and neck positioning for carotid pseudoaneurysm repair before skin incision.Neurophysiological monitoring was performed with mSEP and electroencephalography early during the patient's preparation and surgery. Within five minutes after rotation and extension of the head to properly expose the surgical field, the contralateral m-SEP significantly decreased in both cortical (N20/P25) and subcortical (P14/N18) components. Partial neck correction led to m-SEP improvement, allowing to proceed with the carotid repair. We discuss possible underlying pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for these changes and highlight the relevance of an early start on monitoring to avoid neurological deficits.
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- Alba Díaz-Baamonde
- Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Mount Sinai West Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Mount Sinai West Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Mount Sinai West Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Mount Sinai Roosevelt, Mount Sinai West Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Le S, Nguyen V, Lee L, Cho SC, Malvestio C, Jones E, Dodd R, Steinberg G, López J. Direct brainstem somatosensory evoked potentials for cavernous malformations. J Neurosurg 2022; 137:156-162. [PMID: 34740189 PMCID: PMC10193471 DOI: 10.3171/2021.7.jns21317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Brainstem cavernous malformations (CMs) often require resection due to their aggressive natural history causing hemorrhage and progressive neurological deficits. The authors report a novel intraoperative neuromonitoring technique of direct brainstem somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) for functional mapping intended to help guide surgery and subsequently prevent and minimize postoperative sensory deficits. METHODS Between 2013 and 2019 at the Stanford University Hospital, intraoperative direct brainstem stimulation of primary somatosensory pathways was attempted in 11 patients with CMs. Stimulation identified nucleus fasciculus, nucleus cuneatus, medial lemniscus, or safe corridors for incisions. SSEPs were recorded from standard scalp subdermal electrodes. Stimulation intensities required to evoke potentials ranged from 0.3 to 3.0 mA or V. RESULTS There were a total of 1 midbrain, 6 pontine, and 4 medullary CMs-all with surrounding hemorrhage. In 7/11 cases, brainstem SSEPs were recorded and reproducible. In cases 1 and 11, peripheral median nerve and posterior tibial nerve stimulations did not produce reliable SSEPs but direct brainstem stimulation did. In 4/11 cases, stimulation around the areas of hemosiderin did not evoke reliable SSEPs. The direct brainstem SSEP technique allowed the surgeon to find safe corridors to incise the brainstem and resect the lesions. CONCLUSIONS Direct stimulation of brainstem sensory structures with successful recording of scalp SSEPs is feasible at low stimulation intensities. This innovative technique can help the neurosurgeon clarify distorted anatomy, identify safer incision sites from which to evacuate clots and CMs, and may help reduce postoperative neurological deficits. The technique needs further refinement, but could potentially be useful to map other brainstem lesions.
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- Scheherazade Le
- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurophysiology & Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), Stanford University School of Medicine; and
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurophysiology & Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), Stanford University School of Medicine; and
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurophysiology & Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), Stanford University School of Medicine; and
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurophysiology & Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), Stanford University School of Medicine; and
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurophysiology & Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), Stanford University School of Medicine; and
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurophysiology & Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), Stanford University School of Medicine; and
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neurophysiology & Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM), Stanford University School of Medicine; and
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Muzyka IM, Estephan B. Somatosensory evoked potentials. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2019; 160:523-540. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64032-1.00035-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Philips M, Kotapka M, Patterson T, Bigelow DC, Zager E, Flamm ES, Stecker M. Brainstem origins of the n18 component of the somatosensory evoked response. Skull Base Surg 2011; 8:133-40. [PMID: 17171048 PMCID: PMC1656680 DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1058572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Proposed generator sites for the N18 component of the somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) range in location from the medulla to the thalamus. Additional knowledge regarding the generators of the N18 will be important in interpreting the results of intra-operative monitoring during skull base surgery and providing the surgeon more specific information. The goal of this study was to use both intracranial electrical recording and the effects of acute brainstem ischemia in humans to further define the generators of N18. Monopolar electrodes were used to record SEP (after median nerve stimulation) from the brainstem surface in eight patients undergoing posterior fossa surgical procedures. Recordings were made from various locations, from the cervico-medullary junction to the level of the aqueduct of Sylvius. As the electrode moved rostrally on the brainstem surface, the difference in latencies between the scalp N18 potential and the electrode potential approached zero, suggesting an upper pontine-lower midbrain origin of the N18 potential. These findings were supported by the lack of change in the N18 potentials of ten patients with basilar tip aneurysms who experienced marked changes of their N20/P22 potentials during temporary occlusion of the distal basilar artery.
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Ergun A, Koch CH, Oder W. Do somatosensory evoked potentials in traumatic brain injury patients indicate brainstem generators for frontally recorded N18, P20 and cervical N13? Brain Inj 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/ijf.18.3.289.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Urasaki E, Maeda R, Akamatsu N, Yokota A. Origins and characteristics of high-frequency (>500 hz) SEP components directly recorded from the cervical cord, thalamus, and cerebral cortex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 59:159-65. [PMID: 16893107 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-424x(09)70026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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- Eiichirou Urasaki
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, 1-1 Iseigaoka,Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan.
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Tomita Y, Fukuda C, Maegaki Y, Hanaki K, Kitagawa K, Sanpei M. Re-evaluation of short latency somatosensory evoked potentials (P13, P14 and N18) for brainstem function in children who once suffered from deep coma. Brain Dev 2003; 25:352-6. [PMID: 12850515 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(03)00023-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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One of the major clinical features of brain death is deep coma. Therefore, we re-evaluated retrospectively electrophysiological examinations of brainstem function in about 31 children who had once suffered from deep coma in order to reveal its pathophysiological characteristics. The patient age at coma ranged from 1 month to 10 years (mean 2 years 1 month). The electrophysiological examinations were performed, including any of short-latency somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP), brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) and blink reflexes. We first compared results between the fair and poor prognostic groups, and then re-evaluated SSEP results on a few severely impaired patients with persistent vegetative state (PVS). Subsequently, SSEP clarified more specific findings for a deep coma condition than BAEP and blink reflex. A lack of P14, N18 and N20, and an amplitude reduction or vagueness of P13 in SSEP in these children strongly suggested high risk in their future neurological prognosis. In conclusion, electrophysiological examinations, especially SSEP (P13, P14 and N18), might be very useful in obtaining a long-term neurological prognosis after deep coma in children.
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- Yutaka Tomita
- Department of Pathological Science and Technology, School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8503, Japan.
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Sonoo M. Anatomic origin and clinical application of the widespread N18 potential in median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials. J Clin Neurophysiol 2000; 17:258-68. [PMID: 10928638 DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200005000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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N18 is a broad negativity, with a duration of approximately 20 msec after positive far-field potentials and is recorded widely over the scalp using a noncephalic reference. Its origin has been controversial but its preservation after pontine or upper medullary lesion while loss after high cervical lesions suggested its medullary origin. Comparison with animal studies and direct recording studies in humans leads the authors to conclude that N18 is most likely generated at the cuneate nucleus by primary afferent depolarization. Namely, dorsal column afferents send collaterals to interneurons within the cuneate nucleus, which in turn synapse on presynaptic terminals of dorsal column fibers and depolarize them as a mechanism of presynaptic inhibition. In this way, an electrical sink is formed on presynaptic terminals, whereas their dorsocaudally situated axons serve as a source. The ventrorostral negative pole of the resultant dipolar potential must correspond to N18. The authors obtained a measure to evaluate medullary function objectively, and therefore N18 may be useful as a diagnostic tool for brain death. Usage of a C2S reference is essential for the accurate estimation of N18. Origins of other somatosensory evoked potential components related to the cuneate nucleus are also discussed.
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- M Sonoo
- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Manzano GM, Schultz RR, Barsottini OG, Zukerman E, Nóbrega JA. Median nerve SEP after a high medullary lesion. Preserved N18 and absent P14 components. Case report. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 1999; 57:292-5. [PMID: 10412533 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000200021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Median nerve SEPs recorded from a patient with a high medullary lesion are described. The lesion involved the anteromedial and anterolateral right upper third of the medulla, as documented by MRI. Forty one days after the lesion, left median nerve SEP showed preserved N18 and absent P14 and N20 components; stimulation of the right median nerve evoked normal responses. These findings agree with the proposition that low medullary levels are involved in the generation of the N18 component of the median nerve SEP.
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- G M Manzano
- Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, Brasil.
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Baumgärtner U, Vogel H, Ellrich J, Gawehn J, Stoeter P, Treede RD. Brain electrical source analysis of primary cortical components of the tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potential using regional sources. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1998; 108:588-99. [PMID: 9872431 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-5597(98)00040-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tibial nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) show higher amplitudes ipsilateral to the side of stimulation, whereas subdural recordings revealed a source in the foot area of the contralateral hemisphere. We now investigated this paradoxical lateralization by performing a brain electrical source analysis in the P40 time window (34-46 ms). The tibial nerve was stimulated behind the ankle (8 subjects). On each side, 2048 stimuli were applied twice. SEPs were recorded using 32 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-verified electrode positions (bandpass 0.5-500 Hz). In each case, the P40 amplitude was higher ipsilaterally (0.45 +/- 0.14 microV) than contralaterally (-0.49 +/- 0.16 microV). The best fitting regional source, however, was always located in the contralateral hemisphere with a mean distance of 8.2 +/- 4.3 mm from the midline. The positivity pointed ipsilaterally shifting from a frontal orientation (P37) to a parietal direction (P40). The P40 dipole moment was 2.5 times stronger than the dipole moment of P37, which makes P40 most prominent in EEG recordings. However, with its oblique dipole orientation compared to the tangential P37 dipole, it is systematically underestimated in MEG. Dipole orientations explained interindividual variability of scalp potential distribution. SEP amplitudes were smaller when generated in the dominant (left) hemisphere. This is explained by deeper located sources (5.4 +/- 1.6 mm) with a more tangential orientation (delta theta = 17.5 +/- 2.3 degrees) in the left hemisphere.
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- U Baumgärtner
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Lee EK, Seyal M. Generators of short latency human somatosensory-evoked potentials recorded over the spine and scalp. J Clin Neurophysiol 1998; 15:227-34. [PMID: 9681560 DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199805000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) are most commonly obtained after stimulation of the median nerve and the posterior tibial nerve. SEPs reflect conduction of the afferent volley along the peripheral nerve, dorsal columns, and medial lemniscal pathways to the primary somatosensory cortex. Short-latency SEPs are recorded over the spine and scalp. After posterior tibial nerve stimulation, the following waveforms are recorded: N22, W3, the dorsal column volley, N29, P31, N34, and P37. After median nerve stimulation, the brachial plexus volley, dorsal column volley (N11), N13, P14, N18, N20, and P22 potentials are recorded. We discuss the current state of knowledge about the generators of these SEPs. Such information is crucial for proper interpretation of SEP abnormalities.
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- E K Lee
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA
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Sonoo M, Hagiwara H, Motoyoshi Y, Shimizu T. Preserved widespread N18 and progressive loss of P13/14 of median nerve SEPs in a patient with unilateral medial medullary syndrome. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1996; 100:488-92. [PMID: 8980412 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-5597(96)96023-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in a patient with unilateral medial medullary syndrome of recent onset having an MRI-confirmed lesion at upper medulla were investigated. Cortical N20 following stimulation of the affected limb was extremely depressed and delayed, whereas widespread N18, which was best manifested by the CPi-C2S lead (CPi is centroparietal electrode ipsilateral to the stimulation), showed no significant difference regarding amplitude and duration between affected and non-affected sides. The result supported our previous opinion that the principal part of N18, the broad negativity lasting around 20 ms, originates from the cuneate nucleus at the medullary level. Less steep onset of N18 on the affected side suggested that some structures rostral to the cuneate nucleus, possibly the termination of the overall ascending volley, may contribute to the earliest part of N18. P13/14 on the affected side normally preserved at the first examination progressively declined and finally disappeared after 4 months, which suggested that the major part of P13/14 is generated within caudalmost medial lemniscus, as well as the occurrence of retrograde degeneration of lemniscal fibers.
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- M Sonoo
- Department of Neurology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Geva AB, Pratt H, Zeevi YY. Spatio-temporal multiple source localization by wavelet-type decomposition of evoked potentials. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1995; 96:278-86. [PMID: 7750453 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(94)00294-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Scalp recording of electrical events allows evaluation of human cerebral function, but contributions of the specific brain structures generating the recorded activity are ambiguous. This problem is ill-posed and cannot be solved without auxiliary physiological knowledge about the spatio-temporal characteristics of the generators' activity. In our source localization by model-based wavelet-type decomposition, scalp recorded signals are decomposed into a combination of wavelets, each of which may describe the coherent activity of a population of neurons. We chose the Hermite functions (derived from the Gaussian function to form mono-, bi- and triphasic wave forms) as the mathematical model to describe the temporal pattern of mass neural activity. For each wavelet we solve the inverse problem for two symmetrically positioned and oriented dipoles, one of which attains zero magnitude when a single source is more suitable. We use the wavelet to model the temporal activity pattern of the symmetrical dipoles. By this we reduce the dimension of inverse problem and find a plausible solution. Once the number and the initial parameters of the sources are given, we can apply multiple source localization to correct the solution for generators with overlapping activities. Application of the procedure to subcortical and cortical components of somatosensory evoked potentials demonstrates its feasibility.
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- A B Geva
- Evoked Potentials Laboratory, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
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Noguchi Y, Yamada T, Yeh M, Matsubara M, Kokubun Y, Kawada J, Shiraishi G, Kajimoto S. Dissociated changes of frontal and parietal somatosensory evoked potentials in sleep. Neurology 1995; 45:154-60. [PMID: 7824107 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.45.1.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We studied the changes of frontal and parietal somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in the awake state versus different stages of sleep in 10 normal adult subjects. Frontal and parietal SEP components were affected differentially as sleep stages progressed. In general, the amplitudes of frontal components, notably P22, were increased in sleep, whereas the amplitudes of parietal components were decreased in sleep. A sensitive waveform change from the awake state to sleep was present in the frontal response, where a subtle notched negativity, termed "N40," was present only in the awake state and quickly dissipated in all stages of sleep, including stage 1. The amplitude changes from the awake state to stage 3/4 sleep were neither linear nor parallel among SEP components. The most discordant changes occurred in stage 3/4. The amplitudes for the frontal N18-P22-N30 complex and parietal N20-P26-N32 complex increased from stage 2 to stage 3/4, while those for frontal N30-fP40 and parietal N32-pP40 decreased. In contrast to these divergent amplitude changes, the latencies of all components except P14 and frontal N18 showed progressive prolongation from the awake state to slow-wave sleep. The SEP waveforms and latencies in REM sleep approximated those in the awake state, although amplitudes for frontal peaks still remained slightly higher and amplitudes for parietal peaks slightly lower. We postulate that interactions of excitatory and inhibitory phenomena are responsible for the component-dependent and sleep-stage-dependent amplitude enhancement or depression in sleep.
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- Y Noguchi
- Department of Neurology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242
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Raroque HG, Batjer H, White C, Bell WL, Bowman G, Greenlee R. Lower brain-stem origin of the median nerve N18 potential. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1994; 90:170-2. [PMID: 7510632 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(94)90009-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A patient undergoing intraoperative median nerve somatosensory evoked potential (MSEP) and brain-stem auditory evoked response (BAER) monitoring showed changes during basilar artery aneurysm clipping. There was loss of the BAER wave V, with preservation of waves I and III. Simultaneously, there also was loss of the MSEP N20 potential, with preservation of the N18, N13 and Erb's point potentials. The patient died and autopsy showed an infarct involving the whole rostro-caudal extent of the pontine tegmentum. This combination of electrophysiologic and pathologic findings may help answer questions regarding the exact generators of different MSEP potentials. In particular, it implies that medullary structures can generate the N18 potential.
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- H G Raroque
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8897
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Urasaki E, Tokimura T, Yasukouchi H, Wada S, Yokota A. P30 and N33 of posterior tibial nerve SSEPs are analogous to P14 and N18 of median nerve SSEPs. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1993; 88:525-9. [PMID: 7694838 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(93)90041-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Generator sources of far-field P30 and N33 components produced by posterior tibial nerve stimulation were compared with those of the P14 and N18 components of median nerve stimulated somatosensory evoked potentials. Intracranial spatio-temporal distributions of P30 and N33 were similar to those of the P14 and N18 obtained by median nerve stimulation. In clinical cases, the changes in P30 and N33 were correlated with those in P14 and N18, indicative that P30 and N33 are derived from activities similar to those that produce P14 and N18.
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- E Urasaki
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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