The effects of cortical stimulation, anesthesia and recording site on somatosensory evoked potentials in the rat

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 534-542

  Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Tator, Charles H ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cerebellar evoked potential; motor evoked potential; rat; somatosensory evoked potential; spinal cord monitoring

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; MUSCLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030465672     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-884X(96)96007-5     Document Type: Article

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