Multimodality monitoring of the central nervous system using motor-evoked potentials

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 560-564

  Sloan, Tod B ^a,b   Janik, Daniel ^a   Jameson, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Monitoring; Motor evoked potentials; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MONITORING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STROKE;

EID: 53549133108     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32830f1fbd     Document Type: Review

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