The effect of stimulus frequency on post- and pre-central short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Binaghi Hospital, ATS Sardegna, Cagliari, Italy;2. Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Binaghi Hospital, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy;3. Radiology Unit, Binaghi Hospital, ATS Sardegna, Cagliari, Italy;1. Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA;2. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA;3. Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA |
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| Abstract: | We assessed the influence of the stimulus frequency on short-latency SEPs recorded over the parietal and frontal scalp of 26 subjects to median nerve stimulation and 16 subjects to digital nerve stimulation. When the stimulus frequency is increased from 1.6 Hz to 5.7 Hz, the amplitude of the N13 potential decreases whereas the P14 remains stable. The amplitude of the N20 is not changed significantly whereas the P22, the P27 and the N30 decrease significantly. In 50% of the subjects 2 components can be seen within the frontal negativity that follows the P22: an early ‘N24’ component, which is not affected by the stimulus rate, and the later N30, which is highly sensitive to the stimulus frequency. The distinct amplitude changes of the N20 and P22 with increasing stimulus frequency is one among other arguments to show that these potentials arise from separate generators. |
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