The N18 component of the median nerve SEP is not reduced by vibration

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 440-445

  Manzano, G M ^a   Negrao N ^b   Nobrega J A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Median nerve; Somatosensory; Subcortical components; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031708801     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(98)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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