Optimal method to determine the stimulus intensity for median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-362

  Fukuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Sonoo, Masahiro ^a   Kako, Makoto ^a   Shimizu, Teruo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous afferents; Median nerve; Muscle afferent; Somatosensory evoked potential; Stimulus intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR THRESHOLD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY NERVE ACTION POTENTIAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 34548433906     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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