Somatosensory evoked potentials to median nerve stimulation in meningomyelocele: What is occurring in the hindbrain and its connections during growth?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-26

  Nishimura, Toshihiko ^a   Mori, Koreaki ^b  

^a General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Chiari type II malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningomyelocele; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHIARI COMPLEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030060040     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00573849     Document Type: Article

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