Brain-stem components of high-frequency somatosensory evoked potentials are modulated by arousal changes: Nasopharyngeal recordings in healthy humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1392-1398

  Restuccia, Domenico ^a,c   Della Marca, Giacomo ^a   Valeriani, Massimiliano ^b   Rubino, Marco ^a   Scarano, Emanuele ^a   Tonali, Pietro ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

600 Hz; Arousal; High frequency oscillations; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LIMB; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODULATION; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX;

EID: 2342521333     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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