Giant central N20-P22 with normal area 3b N20-P20: An argument in favour of an area 3a generator of early median nerve cortical SEPs?

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-67

  Valeriani, Massimiliano ^a   Restuccia, Domenico ^a   Di Lazzaro, Vincenzo ^a   Le Pera, Domenica ^a   Scerrati, Massimo ^a   Tonali, Pietro ^a,b   Mauguìere, François ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

area 3a; giant SEPs; N20; somatosensory evoked potentials; tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0031050106     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(96)96660-5     Document Type: Article

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