Origin of N18 and P14 far-fields of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials studied in patients with a brain-stem lesion

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Noël, Pierre ^a,b   Ozaki, Isamu ^a,c   Desmedt, John E ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem lesion; N18 far field; Negative far field potential; Non cephalic reference; P14 far field; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343267790     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(95)00233-2     Document Type: Article

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