Patterns of disturbed impulse propagation in multiple sclerosis identified by low and high frequency somatosensory evoked potential components

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-290

  Gobbelé, René ^a   Waberski, Till Dino ^a   Dieckhöfer, Anne ^a   Kawohl, Wolfram ^a   Klostermann, Fabian ^b   Curio, Gabriel ^b   Buchner, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

600 Hz wavelets; Median nerve; MS; Multiple Sclerosis; Oscillatory SSEP; Somatosensory Evoked Potentials; SSEPs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OSCILLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NECK; REACTION TIME; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0141960364     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200307000-00008     Document Type: Article

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