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Miura G. Visual Evoked Potentials for the Detection of Diabetic Retinal Neuropathy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087361. [PMID: 37108524 PMCID: PMC10138821 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Visual evoked potentials (VEP) are visually evoked signals that extract electroencephalographic activity in the visual cortex that can detect retinal ganglion cells, optic nerves, chiasmal and retrochiasmal dysfunction, including optic radiations, and the occipital cortex. Because diabetes causes diabetic retinopathy due to microangiopathy and neuropathy due to metabolic abnormalities and intraneural blood flow disorders, assessment of diabetic visual pathway impairment using VEP has been attempted. In this review, evidence on the attempts to assess the visual pathway dysfunction due to abnormal blood glucose levels using VEP is presented. Previous studies have provided significant evidence that VEP can functionally detect antecedent neuropathy before fundus examination. The detailed correlations between VEP waveforms and disease duration, HbA1c, glycemic control, and short-term increases and decreases in blood glucose levels are evaluated. VEP may be useful for predicting postoperative prognosis and evaluating visual function before surgery for diabetic retinopathy. Further controlled studies with larger cohorts are needed to establish a more detailed relationship between diabetes mellitus and VEP.
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- Gen Miura
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
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Davis CQ, Hamilton R. Reference ranges for clinical electrophysiology of vision. Doc Ophthalmol 2021; 143:155-170. [PMID: 33880667 PMCID: PMC8494724 DOI: 10.1007/s10633-021-09831-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Establishing robust reference intervals for clinical procedures has received much attention from international clinical laboratories, with approved guidelines. Physiological measurement laboratories have given this topic less attention; however, most of the principles are transferable. METHODS Herein, we summarise those principles and expand them to cover bilateral measurements and one-tailed reference intervals, which are common issues for those interpreting clinical visual electrophysiology tests such as electroretinograms (ERGs), visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and electrooculograms (EOGs). RESULTS The gold standard process of establishing and defining reference intervals, which are adequately reliable, entails collecting data from a minimum of 120 suitable reference individuals for each partition (e.g. sex, age) and defining limits with nonparametric methods. Parametric techniques may be used under some conditions. A brief outline of methods for defining reference limits from patient data (indirect sampling) is given. Reference intervals established elsewhere, or with older protocols, can be transferred or verified with as few as 40 and 20 suitable reference individuals, respectively. Consideration is given to small numbers of reference subjects, interpretation of serial measurements using subject-based reference values, multidimensional reference regions and age-dependent reference values. Bilateral measurements, despite their correlation, can be used to improve reference intervals although additional care is required in computing the confidence in the reference interval or the reference interval itself when bilateral measurements are only available from some of subjects. DISCUSSION Good quality reference limits minimise false-positive and false-negative results, thereby maximising the clinical utility and patient benefit. Quality indicators include using appropriately sized reference datasets with appropriate numerical handling for reporting; using subject-based reference limits where appropriate; and limiting tests for each patient to only those which are clinically indicated, independent and highly discriminating.
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- Department of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, Royal Hospital for Children, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
- College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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Marmoy OR, Viswanathan S. Clinical electrophysiology of the optic nerve and retinal ganglion cells. Eye (Lond) 2021; 35:2386-2405. [PMID: 34117382 PMCID: PMC8377055 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-021-01614-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Clinical electrophysiological assessment of optic nerve and retinal ganglion cell function can be performed using the Pattern Electroretinogram (PERG), Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) and the Photopic Negative Response (PhNR) amongst other more specialised techniques. In this review, we describe these electrophysiological techniques and their application in diseases affecting the optic nerve and retinal ganglion cells with the exception of glaucoma. The disease groups discussed include hereditary, compressive, toxic/nutritional, traumatic, vascular, inflammatory and intracranial causes for optic nerve or retinal ganglion cell dysfunction. The benefits of objective, electrophysiological measurement of the retinal ganglion cells and optic nerve are discussed, as are their applications in clinical diagnosis of disease, determining prognosis, monitoring progression and response to novel therapies.
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- Oliver R Marmoy
- Clinical and Academic Department of Ophthalmology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
- UCL-GOS Institute for Child Health, University College London, London, UK.
- Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
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Toft-Nielsen J, Bohórquez J, Özdamar Ö. Unwrapping of transient responses from high rate overlapping pattern electroretinograms by deconvolution. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 125:2079-89. [PMID: 24618216 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Due to overlapping, temporal information is mostly lost in high rate steady-state pattern electroretinograms (PERGSS). This study develops a deconvolution method and a display/recording system to "unwrap" PERGSS and obtain a transient, "per stimulus" response (PERGtr) regardless of reversal rate. METHODS Processing and instrumentation, including high temporal resolution display and acquisition were developed for deconvolving PERGs acquired at high rates by slight jittering of reversal onsets at a given mean rate. RESULTS The system was successfully tested at eight rates from 2.2 to 78.1rps. At medium rates (17.4-41.2rps) recordings with conventional morphology (N35-P50-N95) but earlier peaks and higher amplitudes were extracted up to 40rps. At higher rates, smaller triphasic responses were obtained, exhibiting similar peak latencies, but reversed polarity. Oscillating potentials (OPs) were also recorded at all rates after deconvolution. CONCLUSIONS Transient PERGs and OPs can be extracted from quasi steady-state PERG recordings obtained at high rates with a deconvolution algorithm using high temporal resolution display and acquisition systems. SIGNIFICANCE The methodology to extract transient and oscillatory responses from steady-state PERGs could be useful in understanding high rate responses and diagnosis of various retinal diseases by revealing temporal information on waveform components which cannot be normally observed.
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- Jonathon Toft-Nielsen
- University of Miami, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, PO Box 248294, Coral Gables, FL 33124, United States; JÖRVEC Corp., Miami, FL, 6860 SW 81 St, Miami, FL 33143, United States
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- University of Miami, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, PO Box 248294, Coral Gables, FL 33124, United States
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- University of Miami, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, PO Box 248294, Coral Gables, FL 33124, United States; University of Miami, Depts. Otolaryngology, Pediatrics and Neuroscience (Graduate), United States.
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Lim SH, Lim KH. Diagnostic Criteria of Pattern VEP in Adult Monocular Amblyopic Patients. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2013. [DOI: 10.3341/jkos.2013.54.12.1875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Sun Hee Lim
- Department of Ophthalmology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Mellow TB, Liasis A, Lyons R, Thompson DA. The reproducibility of binocular pattern reversal visual evoked potentials: a single subject design. Doc Ophthalmol 2011; 122:133-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10633-011-9267-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The role of visually evoked potentials in the management of hemispheric arachnoid cyst compressing the posterior visual pathways. J AAPOS 2010; 14:85-7. [PMID: 20045363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2009] [Revised: 10/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report a case of an occipital arachnoid cyst in an infant, managed on the basis of changes in visually evoked potentials (VEPs). A significant asymmetry of VEP responses prompted neurosurgical intervention, which improved visual behavior and electrical response to both pattern and flash stimuli.
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Link B, Rühl S, Peters A, Jünemann A, Horn FK. Pattern reversal ERG and VEP--comparison of stimulation by LED, monitor and a Maxwellian-view system. Doc Ophthalmol 2006; 112:1-11. [PMID: 16633720 DOI: 10.1007/s10633-005-5865-z] [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] [Accepted: 11/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Pattern stimulation is widely used to detect inner retinal dysfunction. In this work we describe a pattern stimulation technique with LEDs and compare the results with conventional methods. METHODS PERG and VEP were derived from three normal subjects. Three different techniques were used to generate a checkerboard pattern reversal stimulus: a 70 Hz monitor, a Maxwellian-view system equipped with a Xenon-arc lamp and a mechanical mirror system, and a LED array (Roland Consult) consisting of 100 white LEDs. Two kinds of luminance (125 and 340 cd/m2) and four temporal frequencies (4, 8, 12 and 24 reversals per second) were studied on three healthy subjects. Additionally, a luminance tuning experiment (30, 60, 90, 125 and 340 cd/m2) was performed on one subject. RESULTS Comparison of different stimulation techniques shows reproducible responses of PERG and VEP with all three methods. The LED array leads to slightly smaller amplitudes than both other techniques, which we ascribe to the design of the LED field. No difference of peak times or phases was noticed between different stimulation techniques. A luminance dependency of PERG and VEP is noticeable using stimulation with LED: with decreasing luminance we measured increasing peak times of PERG and VEP and decreasing amplitude of PERG. CONCLUSION We conclude that central retinal stimulation with checkerboard pattern reversal is possible with LED. It gives comparable results to monitor and Maxwellian-view system.
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- Barbara Link
- Department of Ophthalmology, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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Thompson DA, Liasis A, Hardy S, Hagan R, Hayward RD, Evans RD, Nischal KK. Prevalence of Abnormal Pattern Reversal Visual Evoked Potentials in Craniosynostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg 2006; 118:184-92. [PMID: 16816694 DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000220873.72953.3e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and type of changes observed in the pattern reversal visual evoked potentials recorded at the first assessment of children with craniosynostosis. METHODS Visual evoked potentials were recorded from 114 patients with craniosynostosis. Eighty-one patients were syndromic and 33 were nonsyndromic. No patient had received any craniofacial surgical intervention. At the time of the test, 22 of 40 patients were aged 6 months and younger, and 18 patients were between 6 months and 1 year of age. Pattern reversal visual evoked potentials were recorded from a midoccipital electrode positioned 3 cm above the inion. The pattern reversal visual evoked potentials elicited to 50' checks with three reversals per second viewed with both eyes were analyzed for n80-p100 amplitude, p100 latency, and breadth of waveform. RESULTS Sixty percent of patients had abnormal pattern reversal visual evoked potentials to 50' checks. This did not show a significant association with age, or classification of craniosynostosis. CONCLUSIONS The high prevalence of abnormal pattern reversal visual evoked potentials to a robust stimulus suggests that visual pathway dysfunction, as measured electrophysiologically, can affect a majority of patients with craniosynostosis. This study indicates that a baseline evaluation of all children with craniosynostosis at their first presentation is essential if subsequent electrophysiologic visual pathway monitoring is to take place.
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- Dorothy A Thompson
- Tony Kriss Visual Electrophysiology Unit and the Department of Ophthalmology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom
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Sahinoğlu B, Erar H. The effect of check size on VEPs in healthy humans: a parabolic relationship between check size and N145 wave. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 1999; 10:105-18. [PMID: 10444713 DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp.1999.10.2.105] [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] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The effect of check size on pattern reversal VEPs was examined in healthy adult volunteers. The subjects were exposed to full-field binocular stimulation. Five checkerboard patterns with check sizes 13', 25', 50', 75' and 100' were used as the visual stimuli. The patterns reversed at a rate of 1 reversal/sec. Well-defined pattern reversal VEPs were obtained for all check sizes in all subjects. As the check size increased a transition from a triphasic to an almost monophasic wave form was observed. N75 and P100 amplitudes, together with N75 latency, revealed linear relationships with check size; the N145 amplitude displayed a parabolic relationship with check size. No significant relationships were found for P100 and N145 latencies. It is concluded that the N75 wave originated mainly from the activity of the foveola, whereas the more eccentric regions contribute more to the formation of P100, and the interaction of both regions elicited the N145 wave.
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- B Sahinoğlu
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Analysis of evoked potentials. Clin Neurophysiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-7506-1183-1.50028-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Andersson T, Sidén A. Comparison of visual evoked potentials elicited by light-emitting diodes and TV monitor stimulation in patients with multiple sclerosis and potentially related conditions. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1994; 92:473-9. [PMID: 7527764 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(94)90130-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Visual evoked potentials elicited by reversal of a checkerboard pattern constructed of square, red light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were compared with a conventional black and white pattern displayed on a TV monitor in control subjects and in 71 patients with established or suspected multiple sclerosis. Both stimuli elicited distinct responses in the control groups: the latencies were longer with LED stimulation while the amplitudes of the various components were differently altered. The frequency of abnormal responses among the patients was higher with LED stimulation than with TV stimulation, but the highest diagnostic yield was obtained when both methods were combined.
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- T Andersson
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Skuse NF, Burke D. Sequence-dependent deterioration in the visual evoked potential in the absence of drowsiness. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 84:20-5. [PMID: 1370400 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(92)90064-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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When visual evoked potentials (VEPs) are tested patients are often expected to focus on a pattern screen for prolonged periods of time. This may lead to fatigue, failure of concentration and drowsiness, and consequently to a deterioration in the recorded VEP. To determine whether there may be time-dependent changes in the VEP of normal subjects independent of the degree of alertness, attention and altertness were controlled using a reaction time (RT) task in which the subjects were required to re-illuminate the fixation point in the middle of the stimulating screen for the VEP. It was first established that the switching of the fixation point produced little contamination of the background VEP to pattern reversal and that the latency and amplitude of P100 to pattern reversal were identical whether or not the subject was engaged in the RT task. A sequence of 16 averages of the VEP to 256 pattern reversals was recorded, alternately with or without the RT task. The measured RTs decreased during the sequence, presumably due to practice. There was a progressive decrease in the amplitude N70-P100, accompanied by an increase in the variability of the latency of P100. These changes cannot be attributed to lack of alertness, given the improvement in RT. Clinicians should be aware of the possibility of a deterioration in the VEP due to physiological mechanisms when the testing protocol involves multiple averages.
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- N F Skuse
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Prince Henry Hospital, School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Skuse NF, Burke D. Power spectrum and optimal filtering for visual evoked potentials to pattern reversal. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1990; 77:199-204. [PMID: 1691972 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(90)90038-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The optimal bandwidth for recording the visual evoked potential (VEP) to pattern reversal was investigated in 8 normal subjects by re-analyzing off-line data recorded on tape using an open bandwidth of 0.1 Hz-3 kHz. Power spectral analysis of the VEP revealed little energy above 50 Hz. With digital filtering, the amplitude N70-P100 was significantly attenuated only when the low-pass filter was reduced to 50 Hz or when the high-pass filter was raised to 8 Hz. With analogue filtering, there was significant prolongation of latency of P100 when the low-pass filter (12 dB/octave) was reduced to 250 Hz and a significant decrease in latency when the high-pass filter (6 dB/octave) exceeded 3 Hz. However, the effects of analogue filtering were not uniform across subjects: in 2 subjects the latency of P100 was prolonged using a low-pass filter of 600 Hz and in 2 other subjects the latency was shortened when the 1 Hz high-pass filter was introduced. If a restricted bandwidth is used, non-uniform distortion of latency could make a significant contribution to the variability in latency of P100. The optimal bandwidth is one which minimises this contribution to the variability, 0.3 Hz to greater than 600 Hz.
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- N F Skuse
- Unit of Clinical Neurophysiology, Prince Henry Hospital, School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Adams RW, Skuse NF. Myokymia of the tongue in a case of brainstem tumour that simulated motor-neuron disease. Med J Aust 1988; 149:494, 496-7. [PMID: 3185343 DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb120738.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The diagnosis of a brainstem tumour, which presented as progressive bulbar palsy that resembled motor-neuron disease, was suspected because of the rare electromyographic finding of myokymia of the tongue, and was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging.
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- R W Adams
- Department of Neurology, Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, NSW
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Hammond SR, MacCallum S, Yiannikas C, Walsh JC, McLeod JG. Variability on serial testing of pattern reversal visual evoked potential latencies from full-field, half-field and foveal stimulation in control subjects. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1987; 66:401-8. [PMID: 2435520 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(87)90209-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The change in pattern reversal visual evoked potential (PRVEP) latency over time (test-retest variability, TRV) was assessed in 30 (16 males, 14 females) adult control subjects using full-field (FF), half-field (HF) and foveal (central-field, CF) stimulation. The mean test-retest interval (TRI) was 20.5 months with a range of 18-21.5 months. There were no significant test-retest latency differences in either sex and furthermore there were no significant inter-sex differences in any of the test-retest parameters. Because of the latter finding the test-retest upper limit of normal for each parameter as defined by the mean value + 2.5 S.D. was taken as the largest value obtained in either sex. Thus the test-retest upper limits of normal for absolute latency from FF, right HF, left HF and CF stimulation were 6, 7, 9 and 7 msec, respectively; for interocular latency differences (ILD) from FF and CF stimulation were 4 and 5 msec respectively; and for right HF to left HF intraocular latency difference (IOLD) was 7 msec. It is concluded that the TRV was sufficiently small in our control group with each of the stimulus techniques to make all of them potentially useful in serial PRVEP studies. Furthermore the extra information provided by CF and HF stimulation may increase the sensitivity and accuracy with which change can be monitored.
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Hammond SR, Yiannikas C. Contribution of pattern reversal foveal and half-field stimulation to analysis of VEP abnormalities in multiple sclerosis. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1986; 64:101-18. [PMID: 2424727 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(86)90105-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Multichannel pattern reversal visual evoked potentials (PRVEPs) from full-field (FF), half-field (HF) and foveal (central-field, CF) stimulation were recorded in 112 mildly disabled multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with the aim of evaluating the contribution of HF and CF stimulation in this disease. CF stimulation was marginally more sensitive in detecting abnormalities (75% of patients) than FF stimulation (71% of patients). However, more importantly the two techniques were found to be complementary with the maximum number of abnormalities (79% of patients) resulting from a combination of the results. Abnormal FF responses were further evaluated by HF responses. P100 latency prolongation indicative of conduction delay was the most common finding but one-third of abnormalities consisted of disturbances of wave form relating to conduction block predominantly in macular fibres. Furthermore 34% of patients had an absent or indeterminate response to CF stimulation thus providing electrophysiological confirmation of the preferential involvement of macular fibres in MS. Although electrophysiological abnormalities were localised to the optic nerve in the majority of cases, some patients also had evidence of retrochiasmatic and chiasmatic lesions. In the majority of cases CF stimulation proved to be a useful alternative to HF stimulation in evaluating FF responses with abnormal wave forms. The study also suggested that an important factor determining whether a central scotoma will disturb the morphology of the FF VEP in the midline recording channel is the position of the macular representation in the occipital cortex. It is concluded that with multichannel recording and the additional use of CF and HF stimulation it is possible to increase the yield of PRVEP abnormalities found in MS and to define their nature with considerably greater precision.
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Shors TJ, Ary JP, Eriksen KJ, Wright KW. P100 amplitude variability of the pattern visual evoked potential. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1986; 65:316-9. [PMID: 2424744 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(86)90010-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study quantifies the amplitude variability of the pattern visual evoked potential (P-VEP) and compares this variability between the two eyes and between individual runs recorded in the typical clinical laboratory. Cooperative adults were studied in order to obtain measurements under optimal conditions. Average P100 amplitudes of 10 runs for one eye were essentially equal to average P100 amplitudes of the other eye, as were the variances. Mean amplitude ratio (the smaller amplitude divided by the larger amplitude) was 0.91. With a group mean P100 amplitude of 10.06 microV, standard deviation for intrasubject data was 1.84, and for intersubject data was 3.75. Therefore, most of the amplitude variability between the two eyes is due to run-to-run variability. A minimum of 3 runs (100 stimuli each) and an optimum of 5 runs should be recorded before making an evaluation.
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Skuse NF, Burke D. The refractory period of the visual evoked potential produced by pattern reversal in multiple sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 1986; 73:61-72. [PMID: 3701370 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(86)90064-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Refractoriness of the visual evoked potential to pattern-reversal stimulation has been studied using a light-emitting diode stimulator, the effect on a test P100 of a conditioning pattern reversal being determined for conditioning-test intervals of 20 ms, 50 ms and 100 ms. In 20 normal subjects, the latency of the test P100 was increased by a mean of 9.8% (SD 5.0%) with the 20-ms interval, 5.8% (SD 6.6%) with the 50-ms interval, and 2.8% (SD 4.7%) with the 100-ms interval. Patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis were divided into 3 groups based on the latency of P100 in the conventional VEP: within 2 SD of the normal mean (7 patients), plus 3-6 SD (7 patients), and greater than 10 SD (7 patients), representing normal, mildly abnormal and grossly abnormal latencies, respectively. Only 4 patients had "abnormal" results in the conditioning-test paradigm, 2 of whom were in the "grossly abnormal" group and 1 in each of the other two groups. The prolongation in latency tended to be greater the longer the control P100. The conditioning-test paradigm did not reveal evidence of a significantly prolonged refractory period of demyelinated axons in the optic nerve, and did not assist in the identification of changes "typical of demyelination" in patients with normal or mildly abnormal control P100s. It is concluded that testing the refractoriness of the VEP may not enhance the diagnostic yield of the VEP in multiple sclerosis.
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Mervaala E, Keränen T, Penttilä M, Partanen JV, Riekkinen P. Pattern-reversal VEP and cortical SEP latency prolongations in epilepsy. Epilepsia 1985; 26:441-5. [PMID: 3930232 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1985.tb05677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Twenty ambulatory outpatients with generalized tonic-clonic seizures with primary generalized discharges and photoconvulsive response on electroencephalogram (EEG) and 11 ambulatory outpatients with partial complex seizures with or without secondary generalization were studied with pattern-reversal light-emitting diode (LED) stimulator visual evoked potential (VEPs) and short-latency median nerve cortical somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs). The patients with primary generalized epilepsy had significantly prolonged latencies of VEP components P2 and N3 and SEP component P22. The patients with partial epilepsy had significantly prolonged latency of VEP component N3. It is concluded that both functional and structural factors may cause a slowing of central impulse conduction.
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