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Zbytniewska-Mégret M, Kanzler CM, Raats J, Yilmazer C, Feys P, Gassert R, Lambercy O, Lamers I. Reliability, validity and clinical usability of a robotic assessment of finger proprioception in persons with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2023; 70:104521. [PMID: 36701909 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis often leads to proprioceptive impairments of the hand. However, it is challenging to objectively assess such deficits using clinical methods, thereby also impeding accurate tracking of disease progression and hence the application of personalized rehabilitation approaches. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate test-retest reliability, validity, and clinical usability of a novel robotic assessment of hand proprioceptive impairments in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). METHODS The assessment was implemented in an existing one-degree of freedom end-effector robot (ETH MIKE) acting on the index finger metacarpophalangeal joint. It was performed by 45 pwMS and 59 neurologically intact controls. Additionally, clinical assessments of somatosensation, somatosensory evoked potentials and usability scores were collected in a subset of pwMS. RESULTS The test-retest reliability of robotic task metrics in pwMS was good (ICC=0.69-0.87). The task could identify individuals with impaired proprioception, as indicated by the significant difference between pwMS and controls, as well as a high impairment classification agreement with a clinical measure of proprioception (85.00-86.67%). Proprioceptive impairments were not correlated with other modalities of somatosensation. The usability of the assessment system was satisfactory (System Usability Scale ≥73.10). CONCLUSION The proposed assessment is a promising alternative to commonly used clinical methods and will likely contribute to a better understanding of proprioceptive impairments in pwMS.
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- Monika Zbytniewska-Mégret
- Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Future Health Technologies, Singapore-ETH Centre, Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore
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- REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Universitair MS Centrum UMSC Hasselt, Pelt, Belgium
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- REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Universitair MS Centrum UMSC Hasselt, Pelt, Belgium
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- REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Universitair MS Centrum UMSC Hasselt, Pelt, Belgium
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- Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Future Health Technologies, Singapore-ETH Centre, Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore
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- Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Future Health Technologies, Singapore-ETH Centre, Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore
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- REVAL Rehabilitation Research Center, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Universitair MS Centrum UMSC Hasselt, Pelt, Belgium; Noorderhart Rehabilitation and MS Centre, Pelt, Belgium
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Serban CA, Barborica A, Roceanu AM, Mindruta I, Ciurea J, Pâslaru AC, Zăgrean AM, Zăgrean L, Moldovan M. A method to assess the default EEG macrostate and its reactivity to stimulation. Clin Neurophysiol 2021; 134:50-64. [PMID: 34973517 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.12.002] [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: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The default mode network (DMN) is deactivated by stimulation. We aimed to assess the DMN reactivity impairment by routine EEG recordings in stroke patients with impaired consciousness. METHODS Binocular light flashes were delivered at 1 Hz in 1-minute epochs, following a 1-minute baseline (PRE). The EEG was decomposed in a series of binary oscillatory macrostates by topographic spectral clustering. The most deactivated macrostate was labeled the default EEG macrostate (DEM). Its reactivity (DER) was quantified as the decrease in DEM occurrence probability during stimulation. A normalized DER index (DERI) was calculated as DER/PRE. The measures were compared between 14 healthy controls and 32 comatose patients under EEG monitoring following an acute stroke. RESULTS The DEM was mapped to the posterior DMN hubs. In the patients, these DEM source dipoles were 3-4 times less frequent and were associated with an increased theta activity. Even in a reduced 6-channel montage, a DER below 6.26% corresponding to a DERI below 0.25 could discriminate the patients with sensitivity and specificity well above 80%. CONCLUSION The method detected the DMN impairment in post-stroke coma patients. SIGNIFICANCE The DEM and its reactivity to stimulation could be useful to monitor the DMN function at bedside.
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- Cosmin-Andrei Serban
- Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Romania; Termobit Prod SRL, Bucharest, Romania; FHC Inc, Bowdoin, ME, USA.
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- Physics Department, University of Bucharest, Romania; Termobit Prod SRL, Bucharest, Romania; FHC Inc, Bowdoin, ME, USA.
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- Neurology Department, University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Bagdasar-Arseni Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
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- Division of Physiology and Neuroscience, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Division of Physiology and Neuroscience, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Division of Physiology and Neuroscience, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Termobit Prod SRL, Bucharest, Romania; Division of Physiology and Neuroscience, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Zhang X, Yao L, Wang X, Monaghan JJM, Mcalpine D, Zhang Y. A survey on deep learning-based non-invasive brain signals: recent advances and new frontiers. J Neural Eng 2020; 18. [PMID: 33171452 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/abc902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Brain signals refer to the biometric information collected from the human brain. The research on brain signals aims to discover the underlying neurological or physical status of the individuals by signal decoding. The emerging deep learning techniques have improved the study of brain signals significantly in recent years. In this work, we first present a taxonomy of non-invasive brain signals and the basics of deep learning algorithms. Then, we provide a comprehensive survey of the frontiers of applying deep learning for non-invasive brain signals analysis, by summarizing a large number of recent publications. Moreover, upon the deep learning-powered brain signal studies, we report the potential real-world applications which benefit not only disabled people but also normal individuals. Finally, we discuss the opening challenges and future directions.
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- Xiang Zhang
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
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- University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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- Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, 81 Broadway, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, 2007, AUSTRALIA
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- Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-6104, UNITED STATES
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Comanducci A, Boly M, Claassen J, De Lucia M, Gibson RM, Juan E, Laureys S, Naccache L, Owen AM, Rosanova M, Rossetti AO, Schnakers C, Sitt JD, Schiff ND, Massimini M. Clinical and advanced neurophysiology in the prognostic and diagnostic evaluation of disorders of consciousness: review of an IFCN-endorsed expert group. Clin Neurophysiol 2020; 131:2736-2765. [PMID: 32917521 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The analysis of spontaneous EEG activity and evoked potentialsis a cornerstone of the instrumental evaluation of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Thepast few years have witnessed an unprecedented surge in EEG-related research applied to the prediction and detection of recovery of consciousness after severe brain injury,opening up the prospect that new concepts and tools may be available at the bedside. This paper provides a comprehensive, critical overview of bothconsolidated and investigational electrophysiological techniquesfor the prognostic and diagnostic assessment of DoC.We describe conventional clinical EEG approaches, then focus on evoked and event-related potentials, and finally we analyze the potential of novel research findings. In doing so, we (i) draw a distinction between acute, prolonged and chronic phases of DoC, (ii) attempt to relate both clinical and research findings to the underlying neuronal processes and (iii) discuss technical and conceptual caveats.The primary aim of this narrative review is to bridge the gap between standard and emerging electrophysiological measures for the detection and prediction of recovery of consciousness. The ultimate scope is to provide a reference and common ground for academic researchers active in the field of neurophysiology and clinicians engaged in intensive care unit and rehabilitation.
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- A Comanducci
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Neuroimagerie, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Brain and Mind Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, N6A 5B7 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Coma Science Group, Centre du Cerveau, GIGA-Consciousness, University and University Hospital of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium; Fondazione Europea per la Ricerca Biomedica Onlus, Milan 20063, Italy
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 06, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- The Brain and Mind Institute and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, N6A 5B7 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Fondazione Europea per la Ricerca Biomedica Onlus, Milan 20063, Italy
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- Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Institute, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, Pomona, CA, USA
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, Paris, France
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "L. Sacco", University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Aguirre J, Berezhnoi A, He H, Schwarz M, Hindelang B, Omar M, Ntziachristos V. Motion Quantification and Automated Correction in Clinical RSOM. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2019; 38:1340-1346. [PMID: 30676947 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2018.2883154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Raster-scan optoacoustic mesoscopy (RSOM) offers high-resolution non-invasive insights into skin pathophysiology, which holds promise for disease diagnosis and monitoring in dermatology and other fields. However, RSOM is quite vulnerable to vertical motion of the skin, which can depend on the part of the body being imaged. Motion correction algorithms have already been proposed, but they are not fully automated, they depend on anatomical segmentation pre-processing steps that might not be performed successfully, and they are not site- specific. Here, we determined for the first time the magnitude of the micrometric vertical skin displacements at different sites on the body that affect RSOM. The quantifi- cation of motion allowed us to develop a site-specific correction algorithm. The algorithm is fully automated and does not need prior anatomical information. We found that the magnitude of the vertical motion depends strongly on the site of imaging and is caused by breathing, heart beating, and arterial pulsation. The developed algorithm resulted in more than 2-fold improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio of the reconstructed images at every site tested. Proposing an effective automated motion correction algorithm paves the way for realizing the full clinical potential of RSOM.
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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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Manouilenko I, Humble MB, Georgieva J, Bejerot S. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials for diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders in adults. A blinded study. Psychiatry Res 2017; 257:21-26. [PMID: 28710948 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to examine the clinical utility of complex auditory brainstem response (c-ABR) and investigate if c-ABR is helpful in the diagnostic procedure. Thirty-one adult psychiatric patients, thoroughly diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (n=16), ADHD (n=8), or schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) (n=7) and 15 healthy controls (HC), were blindly assessed with SensoDetect BERA. This c-ABR correctly identified psychiatric diagnoses in 4 patients (13%) and provided partially correct diagnoses in 11 more patients. Of the 15 HC, 6 were misclassified as psychiatric patients. The Cohen´s kappa coefficient (κ) was substantial for HC (κ=0.67), fair for SSD (κ=0.37), slight for ADHD (κ=0.09) and without agreement in ASD (κ=-0.03). In conclusion, we found the c-ABR method unhelpful and unreliable as a tool in clinical diagnostics.
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- Irina Manouilenko
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Järva psychiatric out-patient clinic, Praktikertjänst AB, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, SE-70182 Örebro, Sweden; University Health Care Research Centre, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, SE-70182 Örebro, Sweden; University Health Care Research Centre, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
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Şerban CA, Barborică A, Roceanu AM, Mîndruță IR, Ciurea J, Zăgrean AM, Zăgrean L, Moldovan M. EEG Assessment of Consciousness Rebooting from Coma. THE PHYSICS OF THE MIND AND BRAIN DISORDERS 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29674-6_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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2100-MHz electromagnetic fields have different effects on visual evoked potentials and oxidant/antioxidant status depending on exposure duration. Brain Res 2016; 1635:1-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Shearer DE, Cohn NB, Dustman RE, LaMarche JA. Electrophysiological Correlates of Gender Differences: A Review. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00029238.1984.11080133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Donald E. Shearer
- Neuropsychology Research Laboratories (151 A) Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148
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- Neuropsychology Research Laboratories (151 A) Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148
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- Neuropsychology Research Laboratories (151 A) Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148
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- Neuropsychology Research Laboratories (151 A) Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84148
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Huntgeburth M, Adler C, Rosenkranz S, Zobel C, Haupt WF, Dohmen C, Reuter H. Changes in neuron-specific enolase are more suitable than its absolute serum levels for the prediction of neurologic outcome in hypothermia-treated patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Neurocrit Care 2015; 20:358-66. [PMID: 23836424 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9848-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND To determine neurologic outcome in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and treatment with mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH). METHODS Seventy-three consecutive OHCA patients treated with MTH were retrospectively analyzed. Serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) was measured 24, 48, and 72 h after admission. In patients with no motor response 48 h after termination of analgosedation (n = 40), clinical neurological examination and evoked potentials (EPs) were determined. Neurological outcome was assessed after 2 months based on the cerebral performance categories (CPC), and categorized as good (CPC 1-3) or poor (CPC 4 and 5). RESULTS Forty-three patients had a CPC score of 1-3 and 30 patients had a CPC 4-5. The best predictive value for poor neurologic outcome was an increase of NSE by ≥4.3 ng/mL between day 1 and day 2 (sensitivity 80 %, specificity 100 %, positive predictive value (PPV) 100 %, negative predictive value 86 %). Absolute NSE values were less reliable in the prediction of poor outcome with the highest sensitivity (88 %) and specificity (95 %) if values reached ≥36.3 ng/mL on day 3. Somatosensory EPs (SSEPs) showed a specificity of 100 % and PPV of 100 %; however, sensitivity for evoked potentials was low (29 %). Intriguingly, two initially comatose patients with excessive NSE values (24 h NSE: 101 and 256 ng/mL, and 48 h NSE: 93 and 110 ng/mL, respectively) had physiological SSEPs and regained a CPC score of 1. CONCLUSION In patients treated with MTH after OHCA changes in NSE are more suitable than its absolute serum levels for the prediction of poor neurologic outcome. Since unequivocal prediction of poor neurologic outcome is of utmost importance in these patients the decision to limit therapy must be based on several prediction tools with the highest PPV and specificity including SSEPs.
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- Michael Huntgeburth
- Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center of the University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany
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Gok DK, Akpinar D, Hidisoglu E, Ozen S, Agar A, Yargicoglu P. The developmental effects of extremely low frequency electric fields on visual and somatosensory evoked potentials in adult rats. Electromagn Biol Med 2014; 35:65-74. [PMID: 25496054 DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2014.987923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The purpose of our study was to investigate the developmental effects of extremely low frequency electric fields (ELF-EFs) on visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) and to examine the relationship between lipid peroxidation and changes of these potentials. In this context, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) levels were determined as an indicator of lipid peroxidation. Wistar albino female rats were divided into four groups; Control (C), gestational (prenatal) exposure (Pr), gestational+ postnatal exposure (PP) and postnatal exposure (Po) groups. Pregnant rats of Pr and PP groups were exposed to 50 Hz electric field (EF) (12 kV/m; 1 h/day), while those of C and Po groups were placed in an inactive system during pregnancy. Following parturition, rats of PP and Po groups were exposed to ELF-EFs whereas rats of C and Pr groups were kept under the same experimental conditions without being exposed to any EF during 68 days. On postnatal day 90, rats were prepared for VEP and SEP recordings. The latencies of VEP components in all experimental groups were significantly prolonged versus C group. For SEPs, all components of PP group, P2, N2 components of Pr group and P1, P2, N2 components of Po group were delayed versus C group. As brain TBARS levels were significantly increased in Pr and Po groups, retina TBARS levels were significantly elevated in all experimental groups versus C group. In conclusion, alterations seen in evoked potentials, at least partly, could be explained by lipid peroxidation in the retina and brain.
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- Deniz Kantar Gok
- a Department of Biophysics , Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University , Antalya , Turkey
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- a Department of Biophysics , Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University , Antalya , Turkey
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- a Department of Biophysics , Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University , Antalya , Turkey
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- b Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , Engineering Faculty, Akdeniz University , Antalya , Turkey , and
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- c Department of Physiology , Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University , Antalya , Turkey
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- a Department of Biophysics , Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University , Antalya , Turkey
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Ozsoy O, Aras S, Ozkan A, Parlak H, Aslan M, Yargicoglu P, Agar A. The effect of ingested sulfite on visual evoked potentials, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant status of brain in normal and sulfite oxidase-deficient aged rats. Toxicol Ind Health 2014; 32:1197-207. [PMID: 25342669 DOI: 10.1177/0748233714552688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sulfite, commonly used as a preservative in foods, beverages, and pharmaceuticals, is a very reactive and potentially toxic molecule which is detoxified by sulfite oxidase (SOX). Changes induced by aging may be exacerbated by exogenous chemicals like sulfite. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ingested sulfite on visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and brain antioxidant statuses by measuring superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities. Brain lipid oxidation status was also determined via thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in normal- and SOX-deficient aged rats. Rats do not mimic the sulfite responses seen in humans because of their relatively high SOX activity level. Therefore this study used SOX-deficient rats since they are more appropriate models for studying sulfite toxicity. Forty male Wistar rats aged 24 months were randomly assigned to four groups: control (C), sulfite (S), SOX-deficient (D) and SOX-deficient + sulfite (DS). SOX deficiency was established by feeding rats with low molybdenum (Mo) diet and adding 200 ppm tungsten (W) to their drinking water. Sulfite in the form of sodium metabisulfite (25 mg kg(-1) day(-1)) was given by gavage. Treatment continued for 6 weeks. At the end of the experimental period, flash VEPs were recorded. Hepatic SOX activity was measured to confirm SOX deficiency. SOX-deficient rats had an approximately 10-fold decrease in hepatic SOX activity compared with the normal rats. The activity of SOX in deficient rats was thus in the range of humans. There was no significant difference between control and treated groups in either latence or amplitude of VEP components. Brain SOD, CAT, and GPx activities and brain TBARS levels were similar in all experimental groups compared with the control group. Our results indicate that exogenous administration of sulfite does not affect VEP components and the antioxidant/oxidant status of aged rat brains.
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- Ozlem Ozsoy
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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Intraoperative Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring Decreases EEG Burst Suppression Ratio During Deep General Anesthesia. J Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 31:133-7. [DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Tossberg JT, Crooke PS, Henderson MA, Sriram S, Mrelashvili D, Vosslamber S, Verweij CL, Olsen NJ, Aune TM. Using biomarkers to predict progression from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis. J Clin Bioinforma 2013; 3:18. [PMID: 24088512 PMCID: PMC3850501 DOI: 10.1186/2043-9113-3-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Detection of brain lesions disseminated in space and time by magnetic resonance imaging remains a cornerstone for the diagnosis of clinically definite multiple sclerosis. We have sought to determine if gene expression biomarkers could contribute to the clinical diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Methods We employed expression levels of 30 genes in blood from 199 subjects with multiple sclerosis, 203 subjects with other neurologic disorders, and 114 healthy control subjects to train ratioscore and support vector machine algorithms. Blood samples were obtained from 46 subjects coincident with clinically isolated syndrome who progressed to clinically definite multiple sclerosis determined by conventional methods. Gene expression levels from these subjects were inputted into ratioscore and support vector machine algorithms to determine if these methods also predicted that these subjects would develop multiple sclerosis. Standard calculations of sensitivity and specificity were employed to determine accuracy of these predictions. Results Our results demonstrate that ratioscore and support vector machine methods employing input gene transcript levels in blood can accurately identify subjects with clinically isolated syndrome that will progress to multiple sclerosis. Conclusions We conclude these approaches may be useful to predict progression from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis.
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- John T Tossberg
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, MCN T3219, 1161 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232-2681, USA.
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Gregorini F, Wöllner J, Schubert M, Curt A, Kessler TM, Mehnert U. Sensory Evoked Potentials of the Human Lower Urinary Tract. J Urol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.11.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Flavia Gregorini
- Neuro-Urology and Neurology (MS, AC), Spinal Cord Injury Centre and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Neuro-Urology and Neurology (MS, AC), Spinal Cord Injury Centre and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Neuro-Urology and Neurology (MS, AC), Spinal Cord Injury Centre and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Neuro-Urology and Neurology (MS, AC), Spinal Cord Injury Centre and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Neuro-Urology and Neurology (MS, AC), Spinal Cord Injury Centre and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Neuro-Urology and Neurology (MS, AC), Spinal Cord Injury Centre and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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Markó K, Mikó-Baráth E, Kiss HJ, Török B, Jandó G. Effects of luminance on dynamic random-dot correlogram evoked visual potentials. Perception 2012; 41:648-60. [PMID: 23094455 DOI: 10.1068/p7042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Although dynamic random-dot correlogram evoked visual potentials (DRDC-VEPs) are a three-decade-old method to detect the cortical binocularity in humans and animals, our knowledge of the influence of fundamental stimulus parameters and the underlying cerebral processing mechanisms has remained limited. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of luminance on DRDC-VEPs in adults. The variability and detectability of DRDC-VEPs were investigated under different stimulus luminance conditions with neutral density filters. Our results have demonstrated that DRDC-VEPs can be evoked in a wide luminance range, and the response amplitude was practically independent of luminance between 4.75 cd m(-2) and 0.015 cd m(-2), while DRDC-VEP latencies showed a strong linear correlation with log luminance. There is, however, a limit (0.06 cd m(-2)) below which DRDC-VEPs are not reliably recordable. Luminance reduction-induced delays in DRDC-VEP latencies cannot be explained simply by retinal mechanisms, since their regression slope does not follow the course of electroretinogram and cortical evoked potential latencies. Luminance independence of DRDC-VEP amplitude suggests that binocular correlation-processing cortical neurons receive input predominantly from the magnocellular visual pathway.
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- Katalin Markó
- Institute of Physiology, Medical School University of Pécs, 12 Szigeti Street, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary
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Akpinar D, Ozturk N, Ozen S, Agar A, Yargicoglu P. The effect of different strengths of extremely low-frequency electric fields on antioxidant status, lipid peroxidation, and visual evoked potentials. Electromagn Biol Med 2012; 31:436-48. [DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2012.692342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Deniz Akpinar
- Department of Biophysics, Akdeniz University,
Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, Akdeniz University,
Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Akdeniz University,
Antalya, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Akdeniz University,
Antalya, Turkey
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Burghaus L, Liu WC, Dohmen C, Haupt WF, Fink GR, Eggers C. Prognostic value of electroencephalography and evoked potentials in the early course of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction. Neurol Sci 2012; 34:671-8. [PMID: 22538759 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1102-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Space-occupying brain edema may lead to a malignant course in patients with large middle cerebral artery infarction. Decompressive hemicraniectomy has to be initiated early to prevent further tissue damage. In this retrospective study, we analyzed electroencephalography (EEG) and evoked potentials (EPs), obtained within 24 h after onset of stroke, in 22 patients suffering from a large middle cerebral artery infarction. Our findings indicate a prognostic value of EEG and brainstem auditory EP (BAEP): the absence of delta activity and the presence of theta and fast beta frequencies within EEG-focus predicted a non-malignant course. In contrast, diffuse generalized slowing and slow delta activity in the ischemic hemisphere pointed to a malignant course. Likewise, pathological BAEP were correlated with a malignant course. The coexistence of background slowing and pathological BAEP showed the highest level of significance. In conclusion, our findings implicate an additional early application of electrophysiological methods in stroke patients. EEG and EP deliver useful information to select those patients who develop malignant edema.
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- Lothar Burghaus
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany.
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Li Q, Wang W, Gu S, Wang L. Measurement of somatosensory-evoked potential to evaluate function of the trigeminal nerve after rapid palatal expansion treatment in a rabbit model. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2012; 114:S54-9. [PMID: 23083957 DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 08/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate whether high force or stress response occurs in rapid palatal expansion (RPE) on the skull base would affect the function of trigeminal nerve and its branches by measuring trigeminal somatosensory-evoked potential (TSEP). STUDY DESIGN Twenty-four male New Zealand white rabbits were selected when they were 12-13 weeks old with mean weight around 3.05 ± 0.33 kg. A modified acrylic-bonded RPE appliance was used as an expansion tool. Through a series of TSEP measurements performed before the expansion treatment (T0), on the third day of the expansion (T1), at the end of the expansion process (T2), and after 10 days of retention (T3), function of the trigeminal nerve was analyzed with statistical models, including the Kruskal-Wallis test and paired t tests. RESULTS A stable short-latency response represented by a "W" waveform was consistently identified on the TSEP spectram analysis. Within-subject comparisons between the experimental group and control group did not show significant differences on TSEP of maxillary nerve and of mandibular nerve. CONCLUSIONS TSEP is a valuable technique for a comprehensive evaluation of the trigeminal system. Our study demonstrates that rapid palatal expansion is a safe orthopedic method regarding function of the trigeminal nerve during expansion and short-term retention period in young rabbits.
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- Qingyi Li
- Department of Orthodontics, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Institute of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Savcioglu F, Ozsoy O, Hacioglu G, Kucukatay V, Yargicoglu P, Agar A. The effect of sodium metabisulfite on visual evoked potentials in rats with hypercholesterolemia. Toxicol Mech Methods 2011; 21:479-86. [DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2011.568981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ozturk N, Yargicoglu P, Derin N, Akpinar D, Agar A, Aslan M. Dose-dependent effect of nutritional sulfite intake on visual evoked potentials and lipid peroxidation. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2011; 33:244-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2010] [Revised: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Waldman HJ, Waldman SD. Evoked Potential Testing. Pain Manag 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4377-0721-2.00021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Kafa IM, Bakirci S, Uysal M, Kurt MA. Alterations in the brain electrical activity in a rat model of sepsis-associated encephalopathy. Brain Res 2010; 1354:217-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Revised: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Petzold A, de Boer JF, Schippling S, Vermersch P, Kardon R, Green A, Calabresi PA, Polman C. Optical coherence tomography in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Neurol 2010; 9:921-32. [PMID: 20723847 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(10)70168-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 404] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a new method that could aid analysis of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS) by capturing thinning of the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL). Meta-analyses of data for time domain OCT show RNFL thinning of 20.38 microm (95% CI 17.91-22.86, n=2063, p<0.0001) after optic neuritis in MS, and of 7.08 microm (5.52-8.65, n=3154, p<0.0001) in MS without optic neuritis. The estimated RNFL thinning in patients with MS is greater than the extent expected in normal ageing, probably because of retrograde trans-synaptic degeneration and progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells, in addition to the more pronounced thinning caused by optic neuritis if present. RNFL thickness correlates with visual and neurological functioning as well as with paraclinical data. Developments that could improve understanding of the relation between structure and function in MS pathophysiology include spectral or Fourier domain OCT technology, polarisation-sensitive OCT, fluorescence labelling, structural assessment of action-potential propagation, and segmentation algorithms allowing quantitative assessment of retinal layers.
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- Axel Petzold
- UCL Institute of Neurology/National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroimmunology, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Devadoss U, Babu S, Cherian V. Quantifying the effect of isoflurane and nitrous oxide on somatosensory-evoked potentials. Indian J Anaesth 2010; 54:40-4. [PMID: 20532071 PMCID: PMC2876901 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.60496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Anaesthetic techniques may have a significant effect on intraoperative-evoked potentials (EP). The present study is designed to compare Propofol anaesthesia with Isoflurane (with or without nitrous oxide) during intraoperative somatosensory-evoked potential (SSEP) monitoring in 15 ASA Grade I and II patients undergoing surgery for intracranial tumours. SSEPs in response to median and posterior tibial nerve stimulation were recorded under four different anaesthetic conditions: 1) Propofol infusion and ventilation with air-oxygen, 2) Isoflurane, 1.0 MAC and ventilation with air-oxygen, 3) Isoflurane 1.0 MAC and ventilation with nitrous oxide-oxygen, and 4) Return to Isoflurane, 1.0 MAC and ventilation with air-oxygen. Intraoperative monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials is best recordable using Propofol. The morphology of the EP is reproducible with Isoflurane. This effect is exaggerated when it is advisable to avoid nitrous oxide.
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- Usha Devadoss
- Department of Anaesthesia, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, Tamilnadu, India
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Montain SJ, Tharion WJ. Hypohydration and muscular fatigue of the thumb alter median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2010; 35:456-63. [DOI: 10.1139/h10-032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The mechanisms by which dehydration impairs endurance performance remain unresolved but may involve alterations in afferent neural processing. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of hypohydration on somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) at rest and during recovery from fatiguing exercise. Fourteen volunteers (12 men, 2 women) performed repetitive isometric thumb contractions (50% maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) and 100% MVC in a 5:1 ratio, each contraction separated by 5 s of rest) until exhaustion when euhydrated (EU) and when hypohydrated by 4% body mass (HY). SEPs were obtained from the median nerve. The results indicated that HY did not produce statistical differences in time to exhaustion (EU = 754 (SD 255); HY = 714 (SD 318) s; p = 0.66) or rate of muscle fatigue. However, HY was associated with greater subjective feelings of fatigue and loss of vigor after exhaustive exercise (p < 0.01). HY affected N20 latency with an interaction effect of hydration by fatigue state (EU-Rest: 18.5 (SD 1.6) ms; EU-Fatigue: 19.0 (SD 1.6) ms; HY-Rest: 18.3 (SD 1.3) ms; HY-Fatigue: 18.4 (SD 1.5) ms; p = 0.034), but N20 and N20-P22 amplitude responses were similar between HY and EU trials. We concluded that moderate water deficits appear to alter afferent signal processing within the cerebral cortex.
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- Scott J. Montain
- Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA 01760, USA
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- Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA 01760, USA
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Derin N, Aydin S, Yargiçoglu P, Agar A. CHANGES IN VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS, LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ANTIOXIDANT ENZYMES IN RATS EXPOSED TO RESTRAINT STRESS: EFFECT OF L-CARNITINE. Int J Neurosci 2009; 116:205-21. [PMID: 16484050 DOI: 10.1080/00207450690969805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of L-carnitine on lipid peroxidation, Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) and antioxidant enzyme activities such as superoxide dismutase and catalase in rats exposed to chronic restraint stress. Forty male Wistar rats, aged three months were used. They were equally divided into four groups: control (C), the group exposed to restraint stress (R), the group treated with L-carnitine(L) and the group exposed to stress and treated with L-carnitine (RL). Chronic restraint stress was applied for 21 days (1 h/day) and L-carnitine (50 mg/kg/day) was given by gavage to the L and RL groups for the same period. Brain and retina levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were significantly increased in the R group and were not altered in the L group compared to the C group. Brain and retina TBARS levels were lower in the RL group than in the R group. Brain and retina superoxide dismutase and catalase activities were significantly decreased in the L and R groups compared to the C group. L-carnitine pretreatment had no significant effect on superoxide dismutase and catalase activity in the RL group. All latencies of VEP components were prolonged in the R and L groups with respect to the C group. L-carnitine increased the latencies of all VEP components in the L group whereas shortened them in the RL group compared to their control groups. L-carnitine may be a promising agent for the prevention of VEP and TBARS alterations caused by stress.
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- Narin Derin
- Department of Biophysics, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey
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AKPINAR DENIZ, YARGIÇOĞLU PIRAYE, DERIN NARIN, ALICIGÜZEL YAKUP, ŞAHIN MEHMET, AĞAR AYSEL. THE EFFECT OF LIPOIC ACID ON LIPID PEROXIDATION AND VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS (VEPS) IN RATS EXPOSED TO CHRONIC RESTRAINT STRESS. Int J Neurosci 2009; 117:1691-706. [DOI: 10.1080/00207450601050287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Increased regional cerebral perfusion in contralateral motor and somatosensory areas after median nerve stimulation therapy. RECONSTRUCTIVE NEUROSURGERY 2009; 101:65-70. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-78205-7_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Evolution of tibial SSEP after traumatic spinal cord injury: Baseline for clinical trials. Clin Neurophysiol 2008; 119:1051-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2007] [Revised: 01/22/2008] [Accepted: 01/31/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Parra-Cabrera S, Moreno-Macias H, Mendez-Ramirez I, Schnaas L, Romieu I. Maternal dietary omega fatty acid intake and auditory brainstem-evoked potentials in Mexican infants born at term: cluster analysis. Early Hum Dev 2008; 84:51-7. [PMID: 17434694 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2006] [Revised: 02/22/2007] [Accepted: 03/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify biological and socioeconomic factors associated with the neurological development of Mexican infants born at term, as measured by brainstem auditory-evoked potentials (BAEPs). SUBJECTS AND METHODS We conducted a cohort study among 76 women with low risk pregnancies recruited in their third trimester of pregnancy and followed their infants until 12 months of age. BAEP tests were conducted on the infants before 3 months of age during physiologic sleep, using 100 msec bipolar clicks. Maternal dietary intake was evaluated by food frequency questionnaire. Two BAEP groups (short latency, long latency) were identified by cluster analysis. The association between BAEP group and maternal PUFAs was estimated using logistic regression models adjusted for socioeconomic and biological factors. RESULTS Short latency BAEPs were associated with a maternal diet rich in arachidonic acid (OR=3.63, 95% CI 1.23-10.67) after adjusting for age (in days) sex, head circumference and gestational age but was not significantly associated to a maternal diet rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest the importance of arachidonic acid intake during pregnancy for short latency BAEPs and adequate fetal myelination.
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Burghaus L, Liu WC, Dohmen C, Bosche B, Haupt WF. Evoked Potentials in Acute Ischemic Stroke within the First 24 h: Possible Predictor of a Malignant Course. Neurocrit Care 2007; 9:13-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-9025-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Effect of aminoguanidine on visual evoked potentials (VEPs), antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in rats exposed to chronic restraint stress. Brain Res 2007; 1186:87-94. [PMID: 17996225 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Revised: 09/25/2007] [Accepted: 09/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of aminoguanidine (AG) on visual evoked potentials (VEPs), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), the activities of Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and catalase (CAT), and nitrite/nitrate levels. Forty healthy male Wistar rats, aged 3 months, were divided into four equal groups: Control (C), the group treated with aminoguanidine (A), the group exposed to restraint stress (S), the group exposed to restraint stress and treated with aminoguanidine (AS). Chronic restraint stress was applied for 21 days (1 h/day) and aminoguanidine (50 mg/kg/day) was injected intraperitoneally to the A and AS groups for the same period. Aminoguanidine treatment significantly decreased retina and brain TBARS levels in rats exposed to restraint stress compared to rats exposed to restraint stress alone. Aminoguanidine treatment produced a significant decrease in brain and retina nitrite and nitrate levels with respect to the control groups. Aminoguanidine increased all antioxidant enzyme activities in both brain and retina in rats exposed to restraint stress compared to rats exposed to restraint stress alone. All VEP components were significantly decreased in AG treated rats exposed to restraint stress compared to rats exposed to restraint stress alone. Our study clearly showed that AG has the potential to prevent changes caused by stress.
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Waldman HJ. Evoked Potential Testing. Pain Manag 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-7216-0334-6.50021-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Haupt WF, Pawlik G, Thiel A. Initial and Serial Evoked Potentials in Cerebrovascular Critical Care Patients. J Clin Neurophysiol 2006; 23:389-94. [PMID: 17016148 DOI: 10.1097/01.wnp.0000223454.04161.cf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Results of somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) and brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) examinations performed early in the clinical course of patients with acute cerebrovascular disease correlate statistically significantly with outcome regardless of type and localization of the primary lesion. The prognostic value of serial examinations of SEP and BAEP has not been studied yet. The authors examined a group of 215 patients suffering from acute stroke requiring neurocritical care composed of 75 supratentorial and 36 infratentorial ischemic strokes, 58 supratentorial and 18 infratentorial hemorrhages, and 28 aneurysmatic subarachnoid hemorrhages prospectively using spinal and cortical SEP and BAEP according to routine procedures on admission as well as after 1 and 2 weeks. The findings were correlated to outcome at 4 weeks. Statistical assessment was performed using standard methods of contingency analysis. In all groups, SEP findings were significantly correlated with outcome at initial and all subsequent examinations, similar correlations were also found for BAEP. However, after partialling out the prognostic information gained from the initial examination of SEP and BAEP, the follow-up examinations rendered only a marginal increase in prognostic information. Therefore, the initial examination of evoked potentials supplies valuable prognostic information, however, serial examinations of evoked potentials during the first weeks of disease improve the prognostic information only marginally.
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- Walter F Haupt
- Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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DiCindio S, Schwartz DM. Anesthetic Management for Pediatric Spinal Fusion: Implications of Advances in Spinal Cord Monitoring. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 23:765-87, x. [PMID: 16310663 DOI: 10.1016/j.atc.2005.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Currently, the detection of emerging injury through intraoperative neurologic monitoring is the best way to prevent neurologic injury. This requires a team approach that includes the anesthesiologist, neurophysiologist, and surgeon. The monitoring modalities available for the patient must be considered in planning the anesthetic management. In addition, intraoperative care for the patient requires an ongoing attention to how the anesthetic drugs affect spinal cord monitoring.
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- Sabina DiCindio
- Department of Anesthesiology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA.
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Ilkhani M, Jahanbakhsh SM, Eghtesadi-Araghi P, Moayyeri A. Accuracy of somatosensory evoked potentials in diagnosis of mild idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2005; 108:40-4. [PMID: 16311144 DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2004] [Revised: 02/01/2005] [Accepted: 02/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Concerning prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and the difficulties with electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS), this study was designed to evaluate the power of somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) in CTS diagnosis among Iranian patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS SSEP was performed on 100 asymptomatic hands of 50 healthy participants (40 female, age range 38-59 years) and on 61 hands of 46 patients (39 female, age range 34-58 years). Mean difference between N(20) latency of the middle finger and the wrist (median nerve innervation) as well as N(20) latency of the third finger and the fifth finger (ulnar nerve innervation) were measured. Using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, the upper limits of these variables were defined as 6.0 and 1.5 ms, respectively. Higher amounts in either of these variables were considered as positive SSEP for diagnosis of CTS. Measures of accuracy for SSEP were measured getting clinical diagnosis by two separate neurologists as the reference standard. In the patients' group who underwent both techniques of SSEP and EMG-NCS, kappa statistic as the agreement coefficient between two procedures was calculated. RESULTS Sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios for positive and negative results of SSEP in diagnosis of CTS were 70.4%, 91.0%, 7.83 and 0.32, respectively. Sensitivity of EMG-NCS in diagnosis of CTS was measured as 81.9%. Measure of agreement between two procedures (kappa) was calculated as 0.42. CONCLUSION This study showed that positive results of SSEP might have a role in diagnosis of CTS. However, larger studies to demonstrate diagnostic power of SSEP in comparison with EMG-NCS seem necessary.
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- Manuchehr Ilkhani
- Department of Neurology, Loghman Hospital Complex, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Aydin S, Yargicoglu P, Derin N, Aliciguzel Y, Abidin I, Agar A. The effect of chronic restraint stress and sulfite on visual evoked potentials (VEPs): Relation to lipid peroxidation. Food Chem Toxicol 2005; 43:1093-101. [PMID: 15833385 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2004] [Revised: 02/18/2005] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Stress and sulfite can stimulate numerous pathways leading to an increased production of free radicals which generate a peroxidation cascade producing lipid peroxidation, protein oxidation, DNA damage and cell death, and contribute to the occurrence of pathologic conditions. The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of stress and sulfite on visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and to examine the relationship between lipid peroxidation and VEP changes. Forty male wistar rats, aged three months were used. They were equally divided into four groups: control (C), the group exposed to restraint stress (R), the group treated with sulfite (S) and the group exposed to stress and treated with sulfite (RS). Chronic restraint stress was applied for 21 days (1h/day) and sodium metabisulfite (520 mg/kg/day) was given by gavage for the same period. All latencies of VEP components were prolonged in the R, S and RS groups with respect to the C group. Brain and retina TBARS levels were found to be increased in those groups compared to the C group. Our results strongly suggest that the latency prolongations of all VEP components may have resulted from the enhancement of lipid peroxidation. Correlation analysis between brain and retina TBARS levels and VEP latencies also support this conclusion. Our data in regard to latency prolongations of all VEP components in the stress group exposed to sulfite, reflected an additive effect of sulfite toxicity on VEP components. Therefore it could be suggested that chronic exposure to stress and sulfite together is associated with a considerable health risk.
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- Selcen Aydin
- Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Arapsuyu, 07070 Antalya, Turkey
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Yargiçoglu P, Yaraş N, Agar A, Gümüşlü S, Abidin I, Bilmen S. Effects of N-nitro l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), a potent nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, on visual evoked potentials of rats exposed to different experimental stress models. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 180:307-16. [PMID: 14962013 DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6772.2003.01254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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AIM The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N-nitro l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, 10 mg kg-1 day-1 i.p.), on visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and lipid peroxidation expected to occur during chronic stress (15 days). METHODS Eight experimental groups, each consisting of 10 rats, were formed: control group (C), the group injected with l-NAME (L), groups exposed to cold stress (CS), immobilization stress (IS), and both cold and immobilization stress (CIS), groups exposed to stress and injected with l-NAME (CSL, ISL, CISL). RESULTS l-NAME decreased brain and retina nitrite levels in all experimental groups compared with their corresponding control groups. l-NAME decreased glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in the brain and retina in the L group, but increased it in the CSL and CISL groups compared with the C group. Lipid peroxidation was increased in the brain and retina tissues of all stress groups with respect to the C group. l-NAME markedly increased brain thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) levels in the L group, while significantly decreasing brain and retina TBARS levels in all stress groups in comparison with their respective control groups. l-NAME caused a significant delay in all components of VEPs in the L group compared with the C group. However, l-NAME significantly decreased latencies of P1, N1, P2 and P3 components in the CSL group and all components in the ISL and CISL groups with respect to their corresponding control groups. CONCLUSION This study clearly indicated that lipid peroxidation may be one possible factor affecting VEP components.
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- P Yargiçoglu
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Arapsuyu, Antalya/Turkey
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- D A Shewmon
- UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Agar A, Yargiçoğlu P, Izgüt-Uysal VN, Sentürk UK, Aktekin B. The effect of pre and postnatal cadmium exposure on somatosensory evoked potentials: relation to lipid peroxidation. Int J Neurosci 2000; 101:45-56. [PMID: 10765989 DOI: 10.3109/00207450008986491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Pregnant swiss albino rats were divided into three groups: control (C), gestational exposure of cadmium (G-Cd) and gestational/postnatal exposure of cadmium (GP-Cd) groups. Control animals received tap water and the rats of GP-Cd group received Cd as CdCl2 in their drinking water during the experimental period. G-Cd group was given Cd during pregnancy, but given tap water after birth. Twenty-two days after birth, 15 rats (for each group) were taken from their mothers and continued to be treated with Cd (GP-Cd group) or tap water (C and G-Cd groups) for an additional 38 days. On postnatal day (PND) 60, somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPS) of three groups were recorded following left posterior tibial nerve (PTN) stimulation. The mean latencies of N1, P1, and N2, components were significantly prolonged in both Cd groups compared with control group. The mean latency of N1 in the GP-Cd group was longer than control and the G-Cd groups. There was no significant amplitude differences among groups. On the other hand, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), an indicator of lipid peroxidation, were increased in the sciatic nerves of both groups compared with control group. A significant increase in the TBARS level of the brain was found only in GP-Cd group due to significant accumulation of Cd.
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- A Agar
- Akdeniz University, Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology, Arapsuyu-Antalya, Turkey.
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Haupt WF, Birkmann C, Halber M. Serial evoked potentials and outcome in cerebrovascular critical care patients. J Clin Neurophysiol 2000; 17:326-30. [PMID: 10928644 DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200005000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Median-nerve evoked somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs), examined early in the course of patients suffering from cerebrovascular disease, correlate statistically significantly with outcome. Little is known about the changes of evoked potentials in the course of disease and their correlation to outcome. In a series of 215 patients (75 supratentorial infarctions, 36 infratentorial infarctions, 58 supratentorial hemorrhages, 18 infratentorial hemorrhages, and 28 aneurysmatic subarachnoid hemorrhages) requiring neurologic intensive care treatment, we prospectively examined the correlation between the findings of serial SEPs and BAEPs and outcome at 4 weeks. Evoked potentials were examined after admission, after 1 week, and after 2 weeks. The findings were classified in 4 categories (normal, unilateral or bilateral pathologic findings, unilaterally attenuated, and bilaterally attenuated). Clinical outcome was determined by classification according to the Glasgow Outcome Scale (death, persistent vegetative state, severely incapacitated, mildly incapacitated, and recovery). Statistical evaluation was performed using Fisher's exact test for all variables. In all subgroups, SEPs correlated statistically significantly with outcome at all three examinations. No correlation was found for BAEPs at first examination in infratentorial disease, nor at second examination in subarachnoid hemorrhages. In all other cases, SEPs and BAEPs were correlated statistically significantly with outcome at all three examination timepoints.
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- W F Haupt
- Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Germany
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Araki A, Takada A, Yasuhara A, Kobayashi Y. The effects of stimulus rates on the amplitude of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials: the developmental change. Brain Dev 1999; 21:118-21. [PMID: 10206530 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(98)00092-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We examined the effects of stimulus rates on the somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) amplitudes following median nerve stimulation at the wrist in 42 children. We divided these subjects into five groups according to their age (0-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-3 years, 4-6 years and more than 7 years) and measured the peak-to-peak amplitude of every component (N9, P10, N11, P13/14, N18, N20, P23, N30) at stimulus rates of 1.0, 3.5 and 5.5 Hz. From N9 to N18, there was no significant change in amplitude nor latency with stimulus rate change in all groups. The amplitude attenuation was found at the N20 and N30 peaks in the young group (0 months to 3 years) and at P23 in all groups with an increasing stimulus rate. The attenuation rate of P23 amplitude was influenced by the age of subjects, being greater in younger groups and greatest in the youngest group (0-6 months). The differences of amplitude attenuation rate between this group and the rest were statistically significant. The results of this study indicate that the amplitudes of the cortical components of SEP in children are greatly influenced by the stimulus rate. Thus when we discuss the amplitude of cortical waves in childhood, we should also pay attention to the stimulus rates.
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- A Araki
- Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
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Haupt WF, Pawlik G. Contribution of initial median-nerve somatosensory evoked potentials and brainstem auditory evoked potentials to prediction of clinical outcome in cerebrovascular critical care patients: a statistical evaluation. J Clin Neurophysiol 1998; 15:154-8. [PMID: 9563583 DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199803000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In a prospective study of 200 patients with cerebrovascular disease (48 intracerebral hemorrhages, [ICH]; 64 subarachnoid hemorrhages, [SAH]; 48 supratentorial and 40 infratentorial ischemic strokes), we assessed the individual and combined prognostic value of median-nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) and brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) within 72 hours of admission. Clinical outcome was graded in three ranked categories according to a modified Glasgow Outcome Scale. Likewise, the initial SEP and BAEP findings were graded in a three-class score. In all groups, the SEP were significantly correlated with outcome (P < 0.01). Likewise, after partialling out the prognostic effect of SEP, the contingency between BAEP and outcome was statistically significant, except in ICH (P = 0.07). The contingencies of SEP and outcome in ICH and supratentorial infarcts were higher than the corresponding partial contingencies for BAEP, while the latter were higher in infratentorial infarction and SAH. Therefore, in all disease groups except for SAH, the multiple contingency coefficients ranging from 0.67 to 0.75 were statistically significant and greater than either simple or partial contingencies alone. The results of the two evoked potential modalities combined permit statistically significant superior prognostication in most cerebrovascular diseases when compared to those of either of the modalities alone.
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- W F Haupt
- Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Germany
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Yang SS, Wu CH, Chiang TR, Chen DS. Somatosensory evoked potentials in subclinical portosystemic encephalopathy: a comparison with psychometric tests. Hepatology 1998; 27:357-61. [PMID: 9462631 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We prospectively studied the role of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) and psychometric tests in the assessment of subclinical portosystemic encephalopathy (PSE) in 61 cirrhotic patients with grade 0 PSE and 20 controls. Six additional uneducated controls underwent only psychometric tests. Median nerve-evoked cortical responses were recorded for N20-N65 interpeak latencies (IPLs). Psychometric tests were conducted within 4 hours of SEP testing. Seven (26.9%) controls and 30 (49.2%) cirrhotic patients had abnormal psychometric test results (writing sample tests, 20; five-point star tests, 17; number-connection tests, 19; and following-a-track tests, 18); seven controls and 25 cirrhotic patients had 6 or fewer years of education; 7 controls and 28 cirrhotics were older than 50 years of age. Cirrhotic patients (47.6 +/- 8.3 milliseconds) had higher N20-N65 IPLs than controls (40.2 +/- 3.0 milliseconds; P < .001). Twenty-nine (47.5%) cirrhotic patients had abnormal N20-N65 IPLs. Of the 26 cirrhotic patients with more than 6 years of education, 15 (57.7%) had abnormal N20-N65 IPLs and 5 (19.2%) had abnormal psychometric test results (P = .005). Our data show that N20-N65 IPLs of SEPs are helpful in the assessment of subclinical PSE; 47.5% of cirrhotic patients had subclinical PSE. Poorly educated and older subjects tended to have abnormal psychometric test results. SEPs were not affected by education and age and were more sensitive than psychometric tests in the assessment of subclinical PSE in better-educated cirrhotic patients.
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- S S Yang
- Division of Gastroenterology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tinazzi M, Zanette G, Bonato C, Manganotti P, Polo A, Fiaschi A, Mauguière F. Neural generators of tibial nerve P30 somatosensory evoked potential studied in patients with a focal lesion of the cervicomedullary junction. Muscle Nerve 1996; 19:1538-48. [PMID: 8941267 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1538::aid-mus3>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The tibial nerve P30 potential was studied in 6 patients with focal lesions located in the vicinity of the cervicomedullary junction. P30 potential was unaffected while cortical P39 was abnormal in the patients with a supramedullary lesion affecting the somatosensory pathway just above its decussation. Conversely, P30 was abnormal in the presence of a lesion situated caudally to the cervicomedullary junction affecting the lower limb sensory fibers just below their decussation. Median nerve P14 behaved similarly to the P30 potential in these cases. These clinical observations suggest that P30 potential, as P14 of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials, is generated in the lower brain stem probably before the decussation of the sensory fibers; nucleus gracilis and medial lemniscus fibers in the lower brain stem are probably the anatomical structures generating P30 potential. This suggests that P30 potential may be used to study intraspinal and intracranial conduction times separately in the afferent somatosensory pathways.
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- M Tinazzi
- Servizio di Neurofisiopatologia, Istituto di Neurologia P. co Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy
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Tinazzi M, Zanette G, Fiaschi A, Mauguière F. Effect of stimulus rate on the cortical posterior tibial nerve SEPs: a topographic study. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1996; 100:210-9. [PMID: 8681862 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(95)00222-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We performed topographical mapping of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in response to posterior tibial nerve stimulation delivered at 2, 5 and 7.5 Hz in 15 healthy subjects. P37 was significantly attenuated at 5 and 7.5 Hz and the N50 component attenuated only at 5 Hz, its amplitude remaining stable for further increases in stimulus frequency. Frontal N37 and P50 potentials showed no significant decrease when the stimulus repetition frequency was changed from 2 to 7.5 Hz. P60 showed an attenuation of the amplitude only at 7.5 Hz. Latency and scalp topographies of all cortical components examined remained unchanged for the 3 stimulus rates tested. The optimal stimulus rate for mapping of tibial nerve SEPs was lower than 5 Hz. The distinct recovery function of the contralateral. N37-P50 and ipsilateral P37-N50 responses suggests that these potentials arise from separate generators.
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- M Tinazzi
- Functional Neurology and Epileptology Department, Hôpital Neurologique, Lyon, France
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Bouchard JA, Bohlman HH, Biro C. Intraoperative improvements of somatosensory evoked potentials: correlation to clinical outcome in surgery for cervical spondylitic myelopathy. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1996; 21:589-94. [PMID: 8852314 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603010-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of all patients who underwent surgical treatment of cervical spondylitic myelopathy and were monitored by somatosensory evoked potentials. OBJECTIVES To identify the patients who had recognizable improvements in somatosensory evoked potential signals intraoperatively and to correlate the changes in somatosensory evoked potential signals to the post-operative clinical status of the patients and compare this group of patients with those that had stable intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential recordings. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Somatosensory evoked potentials are commonly used in the operating room to monitor potential injury to the spinal cord or alterations in spinal cord function. It may be possible to use intraoperative somatosensory evoked potentials to detect improvement in spinal cord function during the decompression of neural structures, as evidenced by an increase in amplitude or a decrease in the latency of the wave form. METHODS Thirty-two patients with moderate to severe cervical spondylitic myelopathy requiring multi-level anterior decompression and fusion were monitored intraoperatively with somatosensory evoked potentials. The median and posterior tibial nerves were stimulated at the wrist and ankle, respectively. Somatosensory evoked potential recordings were obtained from cervical and scalp electrodes by the Nicolet Pathfinder electrodiagnostic system, preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively. RESULTS Eleven of thirty-two patients demonstrated intraoperative improvement of somatosensory evoked potential signals after decompression. All patients had rapid recovery of motor strength, bladder control, and ambulatory capacity within days of surgery. The remaining twenty-one patients had stable somatosensory evoked potential recordings. Five had rapid resolution of their symptoms, 15 improved over the course of 6 to 8 weeks, and 1 did not improve. The motor recovery of this group at 8 weeks was equal to the group of patients that showed intraoperative improvements of evoked potential signals. CONCLUSIONS 1) Multilevel anterior cervical decompression and fusion produced a significant improvement in the motor function of patients with cervical spondylitic myelopathy. 2) Patients with intraoperative increase in amplitude or shortening of latency had a more rapid clinical improvement than patients with stable recordings. 3) Long-term reassessment did not show any difference between patients with intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential improvement and those with stable somatosensory evoked potential recordings. Therefore, somatosensory evoked potential improvements cannot be used to determine prognosis at the present time. 4) A greater number of patients should be studied using more objective methods for quantifying gait patterns and motor function.
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- J A Bouchard
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Grossman P, Hagel K. Post-traumatic apallic syndrome following head injury. Part 1: clinical characteristics. Disabil Rehabil 1996; 18:1-20. [PMID: 8932740 DOI: 10.3109/09638289609167084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Epidemiological studies made within the western countries indicate an incidence of 200-300 traumatic head injuries per 100 000 residents each year. Severe head injuries account for 5-25% of all head injuries; 10-14% of all severe head-injured patients develop into a vegetative state, in which a sleep-wake rhythm is apparent, but however in which there is no evidence of awakeness or reactivity to the environment. The most commonly used labels, in the German and international literature, for these patients are 'vegetative state', 'apallic syndrome' and 'coma vigile'. This clinical characterization is not sufficient. It is necessary to employ additional criteria to distinguish subsets of vegetative patients e.g. computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, single photon emission tomography, electroencephalography, brainstem reflexes, evoked potentials, assessment scales, age, premorbid brain disorders. Diagnostic and prognostic parameters must form the basis for various decisions relating to patients' care and intervention.
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- P Grossman
- Arzt fur Neurologie un Psychiatrie, Neurologische Klinik Elzach/Schwarzwald, Postfach, Germany
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